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Amanda Knox’s Murder Trial to Reach Italy’s Highest Court in March

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abc amanda knox mi 130429 wblog?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412190420950Ida Astute/ABC News(ROME) — The murder trial of Amanda Knox will reach Italy’s highest court in March, almost eight years after she and her Italian ex-boyfriend were first found guilty of killing British student Meredith Kercher.

Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were first found guilty of the murder in 2007 and sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison, respectively. They were then acquitted on appeal in 2011 after four years behind bars.

Last January, another trial in Florence, Italy found them guilty.

Italy’s high court could either uphold the Florence verdict or order yet another retrial.

If the verdict is upheld, Italy will likely attempt to extradite Knox, now 27, from the U.S. to carry out her prison sentence in Italy.

The latest trial will be heard in Rome starting on March 25. 


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