Why Knox Got an Extra Year in the Clink

Judge who oversaw appeal says Knox 'could be responsible'

(NEWSER) - One of the two judges who oversaw the Amanda Knox appeal has spoken out, and his comments are hardly a resounding confirmation of her innocence. In remarks the Telegraph describes as "surprisingly frank," Claudio Pratillo Hellmann said in a TV interview yesterday that Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito "maybe know" how Meredith Kercher died, and could actually be the killers. More»

Case 'was always too far-fetched'

(NEWSER) - Amanda Knox has been freed and while the case may continue to be hotly debated in the Italian press, commentators in the US and Britain are overwhelmingly of the opinion that justice has been done.

• The Knox case, "was a textbook example of our never-ending fascination with the supposed femme fatale," Nina Burleigh writes at the Los Angeles Times . Knox became a scapegoat and was subjected to "all manner of outlandish, misogynistic behavior" because of the focus on Knox herself—"her femaleness, her American-ness, her beauty"—instead of the facts.

'It's going to be a heartfelt statement': father

(NEWSER) - While Amanda Knox plans a final plea for her life tomorrow, her father says he's not worried that her words may work against her in an Italian courtroom. "I really don't think so," Curt Knox said on Today (see the video in our media gallery). "It's going to be a heartfelt statement she's going to make. I think she just wants to have the judge and jury hear one more time that she had nothing to do with this horrific case and that she is innocent of the charges and hopes for an acquittal." More»

Co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito also insists in his own innocence

(NEWSER) - The former boyfriend who was convicted of murder along with Amanda Knox says the 22-year-old American isn't capable of killing anyone. In a prison interview, Raffaele Sollecito described Knox as a "very sweet girl" and said her conviction in the murder of Meredith Kercher was "absurd and inadmissible." As for his own 25-year sentence, the Italian said he was struggling to accept the reality, CNN reports. More»

Glacial pace, leaked evidence, 'anti-Americanism' draws fire

(NEWSER) - Amanda Knox has served just a few days as a murder convict, but she'll have another year under her belt before an appeal gets under way, and questions about the fairness of her trial continue to pour in, reports the Independent . The open flow of information between cops and journos, the lack of juror sequestration, and sketchy DNA evidence are all dark clouds gathering over Italy's much-maligned and glacial-paced justice system. More»