Italian High Court Delays Amanda Knox Ruling
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Ida Astute/ABC News(ROME) — Italy’s highest court has delayed its ruling on whether to uphold the Amanda Knox murder conviction of fellow student Meredith Kercher.
An Italian high court judge said on Wednesday that because of the volume of evidence presented to the court, a ruling won’t come until Friday.
The verdict was originally expected on Wednesday after lawyers gave their closing arguments.
Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, face more than 25 years in prison, though Knox says she’ll fight extradition if found guilty.
Defence lawyers in the case said there is no physical evidence that puts Knox and Sollecito at the scene of the crime. Evidence for a third person, Rudy Guede, was found all over the murder scene, however. He’s half-way through his prison sentence for the murder of Kercher.
The prosecution argued that Knox’s partial confession — later retracted — painted an accurate picture of the crime scene that indicated she was involved.
Prosecutors asked to reduce the pair’s long prison term by three months for a minor related crime whose statute of limitation had run out.
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