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Related: About this forumAmanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/g-s1-2889/amanda-knox-italy-court-slander-chargeAmanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder
UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 6:46 AM ET
By Associated Press
Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, right, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, on Wednesday.
Antonio Calanni/AP
FLORENCE, Italy An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part time, of the killing. But she will not serve any more jail time, given the three-year sentence counts as time already served.
Knox showed no visible emotion as the verdict was read aloud.
Earlier Wednesday, in a soft and sometimes breaking voice, Knox asked eight Italian judges and jury members to clear her of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
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UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 6:46 AM ET
By Associated Press
Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, right, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, on Wednesday.
Antonio Calanni/AP
FLORENCE, Italy An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part time, of the killing. But she will not serve any more jail time, given the three-year sentence counts as time already served.
Knox showed no visible emotion as the verdict was read aloud.
Earlier Wednesday, in a soft and sometimes breaking voice, Knox asked eight Italian judges and jury members to clear her of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
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Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2024
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EYESORE 9001
(27,479 posts)1. As I told the salesweasel from Perillo Tours
I dont like the Italian legal system and the Kafkaesque nightmare that Amanda is still enduring. Ill think again about visiting when/if her name is finally cleared. Doesnt look like salesweasel will have much to discuss with me for quite awhile.
mitch96
(14,620 posts)2. It's sad she is STILL dealing with such a schizophrenic legal system. Yes/No/maybe come back later?
Notice my "meidas touch" SCREAMING caps lock?
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(114,911 posts)3. The Italian legal system is a joke