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kercher murder trial


 Knox Acted Out of 
 'Hatred': Prosecutor 

Closing argument speaks of 'crescendo of violence'

Nov 20, 09 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors pulled out all the stops in closing arguments at the Amanda Knox murder trial, telling the court that the American exchange student killed Meredith Kercher in "an unstoppable crescendo of violence." The chief prosecutor restated his argument that Knox murdered her roommate out of spite because... More »

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Italy • murder • prosecutor • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • Giuliano Mignini • Amanda Knox trial • Meredith Kercher trial

ANALYSIS

 Knox Trial 
 Is 'Poison' for 
 All Involved 

Fallout has ruined people's lives from Seattle to Perugia

Sep 12, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox may be the one on trial for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, waiting it out in a sweltering Italian prison. But as Barbie Nadeau notes in Newsweek, Knox isn’t the only one suffering: “The Knox trial is poison,” Nadeau writes. “Nearly everyone it... More »

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Italy • debt • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • criminal trial

(Newser) - If Amanda Knox gets off for the murder of Meredith Kercher, it'll be despite her family—who have caused an uproar in Italy for appearing on the cover of a women's magazine. As Newsweek reports, one photo features Knox's two sisters, Deanna, 20, and Ashley, 14, posing in short shorts... More »

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(Newser) - Amanda Knox’s mother testified today that her daughter and Meredith Kercher, the British student she is accused of killing, were on good terms before the murder, the Times of London reports. Contrary to earlier testimony about tensions, the roommates “got along great,” Edda Mellas said at the... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Edda Mellas • Curt Knox

Knox Writes Love Letters to 'Ex' Raffaele

Describes life in jail, dwells on their courtroom glances

Jun 15, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raffaele Sollecito is supposed to be Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the letters she’s been sending him, the Daily Telegraph reports. In them, the 21-year-old opens up to her co-defendant and thanks him for sharing his feelings with her. “You... More »

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jail • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • love letter

Knox on Roomie's Murder: 'Yucky, Disgusting'

Says she's trying to 'get on with my life'

Jun 14, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox said in continuing testimony yesterday that she imagined her housemate’s murder as “shocking, yucky, disgusting,” the Times of London reports. Asked why she said Meredith Kercher must have died slowly, Knox said: “I heard that she had her throat slit, and from what I... More »

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crime • Italy • murder • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox

(Newser) - Amanda Knox returned to the stand for the second day today with a familiar theme: Italian police abused her—verbally and sometimes physically—so much that she became confused about events the night Meredith Kercher was killed. She said police threatened her with serious jail time if she didn’t... More »

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police • Italy • text message • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Patrick Lumumba

 Knox to Take Stand Today 

5 months in, American student given chance to answer murder accusation

Jun 12, 09 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox is expected to testify in her murder trial for the first time today, the Guardian reports. The American student, accused of murdering flatmate Meredith Kercher during a violent, drug-fueled sex game, has been on trial in Italy since January and faces a possible life sentence if found guilty.... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

OPINION

Rogue Prosecutor Targets Knox

'Railroad job' of a case lacks clear-cut evidence, motive

Jun 11, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - With “flawed and flimsy” evidence and “no motive,” the murder trial of Amanda Knox seems more about a prosecutor’s ambitions than any likelihood the American student actually killed her housemate, Timothy Egan writes in the New York Times. “Any fair-minded jury would have thrown”... More »

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Italy • prosecutor • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • evidence • Giuliano Mignini

(Newser) - Murder suspect Amanda Knox averted her eyes and covered her face with her hands in Italian court today as police video of her slain roommate Meredith Kercher was shown, the Times of London reports. The video detailed the bloody crime scene and Kercher’s naked, lifeless body. While the American... More »

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Italy • video • forensic science • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • crime scene • evidence


 Knox Pulled 
 Knife on Him, 
 Witness Says 

Homeless man puts suspect, boyfriend
near murder scene

Mar 28, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A witness in the Amanda Knox murder trial testified that she waved a knife at him outside the house where Meredith Kercher was killed, the AP reports. The Albanian witness, at times mumbling and interrupted by the judge, said he “bumped into a big black trash bag” that turned... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

(Newser) - Witnesses in the Amanda Knox trial testified today that they heard screams and the sound of multiple people fleeing the scene the night of Meredith Kercher’s murder, ABC News reports. An elderly woman who lives near the crime scene said she heard a scream that “made my skin... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • witness

(Newser) - An Italian shopkeeper has contradicted Amanda Knox's claim that she slept in the day after her roommate was murdered, ABC News reports. Marco Quintavalle testified in Italy yesterday that Knox, 21, dropped by his store early on the morning of Nov. 2, 2007—when Knox says she was at the... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • witness

Bloody Shoe Print
'Links Knox to Murder'

Knox complains she wasn't allowed drinks, bathroom break until she signed statement

Mar 1, 09 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A bloody shoe print discovered beneath the body of Meredith Kircher links roommate Amanda Knox to her murder, Italian prosecutors charged in court yesterday. Defense attorneys denied the print belonged to the Seattle woman, who complained about treatment by Italian police after her British roomie was found murdered. "I... More »

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crime • Italy • murder • Seattle • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox

 Cops: Knox 
 'Did Cartwheels' 
 After Murder 

Cops testify to accused killer's weird behavior after flatmate's body found

Feb 28, 09 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Accused killer Amanda Knox had a "strange attitude" after being told of her flatmate's murder, an Italian court heard yesterday. A detective testified that the American student turned cartwheels in the police station when she and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were brought in for questioning, reports ABC News. She... More »

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Italy • murder • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

Knox: 'I Heard Meredith Screaming'

Prosecutors to confront Knox with contradictory statements

Feb 26, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Accused student murderer Amanda Knox will be confronted in court with her contradictory stories about the night her British roommate was killed when prosecutors reveal her handwritten statement to police that she heard "screaming" the night Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death, reports the Independent. The accused killer from... More »

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Italy • murder • stabbing • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • students

Knox, Kercher Feuded Over Boys, Chores: Housemate

Accused killer showered in bloody bathroom, she said

Feb 7, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - British student Meredith Kercher and her accused killer Amanda Knox got along well when they first moved into their shared house in Italy, but tensions grew over boys and housework, another housemate testified. She said Knox frequently brought men home, while Kercher never did, and Knox sometimes “missed her... More »

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Italy • murder • testimony • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • sexual assault • witness

 Key Questions Loom in Knox Murder Evidence

Judge, jurors face tough job finding the truth in sensational case

Feb 5, 09 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Evidence against American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend in the murder of her college roommate in Italy will be presented tomorrow amid a daunting web of questions, the Guardian reports. For starters, jurors need to determine whether more than one person killed British student Meredith Kercher—a particularly vital... More »

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Italy • murder • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

Judge: Knox
Let Accomplice
Into Cottage

Jurist who jailed Guede outlines sexually charged 'group crime'

Jan 27, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - A man later sentenced in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was let into her cottage by Amanda Knox, the American roommate now on trial in Italy, according to the judge who sentenced Rudy Guede in the “group crime.” “Guede entered the house because he was... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • sexual assault

'Friends of Amanda' Throw Benefit for Accused Killer

Family aims to raise $500K for legal fees

Jan 26, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - She’s been called a femme fatale, but for the people who came to her legal defense benefit in Seattle this weekend, Amanda Knox is a victim. “Amanda would be amazed at this overwhelming turnout of support,” her mother tells the West Seattle Herald. About 120 people showed... More »

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murder • murder trial • legal fees • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • media bias

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