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Amanda Knox

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Known throughout Italy as Foxy Knoxy, American Amanda Knox was convicted of the murder of Merideth Kercher in Italian courts on December 4, 2009. 20-year-old Knox confessed to the crime during an intense and lengthy interrogation by multiple polices officers and prosecutors. She implicated at least one person in that confession who was later exonerated.

For a detailed timeline of the case, see http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/04/national/main5892636.shtml

Update: March 10, 2010
A cellmate of Amanda Knox's co-defendant, Rudy Guede, submits a detailed statement indicating that Guede admitted that Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were uninvolved in the murder of Meredith Kercher. See article below.