now that her eight-year legal battle is over. italy s supreme court overturned her murder conviction clearing her in the death of her college roommate. while studying abroad in italy, knox was convicted of murdering meredith kercher in 2007. she and her boyfriend, raffaele sollecito initially served four years in italian prison but they were acquitted and retried and found guilty again in 2013. knox then returned home to seattle, would have faced 28 28 1/2 years behind bars. i just wanted to say that i m incredibly grateful for what has happened for the justice i ve received for the support that i have had from everyone from my family from my friends, to strangers, to people like you. i you saved my life. and i m so grateful. and i am so grateful to have my life back.
after another. wow. amazing. it s great, isn t it? when you want to go somewhere, all you have to do is ask jen. and then we get stuck. you ve got no excuse. thank you, jen. appreciate it. a story we have followed for some time. amanda knox. her ex-boyfriend, that unanimous right there, says he s returned to italy to fight the new murder conviction that he and amanda knox face. his name is raphael. he and amanda knox were found guilty for a second time of murdering meredith kercher in 2007. he got 25 years in prison. amanda knox got 28 1/2 years. prosecutors said they and a third man who is actually in jail for the crime killed meredith kercher because she refused to take part in a sex came. he has always said he s innocent, and last night told anderson cooper he has been
she is in the united states. and the court is in italy and the judge is ready to give insight in the latest guilty verdict. the judge admitting he struggled with the decision and he and the jury agreed to amanda knox and guilty of murdering meredith kercher in 2007 and the juriy came up with the motive and outlined in the written explanation of the verdict and that will be released in the next few months. amanda knox is here and she does not plan to go back to italy and they will have to drag her kicking and screaming. and lawyers for the man accused of killing people in a movie theater. he will ask a fox news.comreporter to reveal the sources. this is something we are reporting. one of our co-workers jana
they were calling me a devil. i mean it is one thing to be called certain things in the media, and it is another thing to be sitting in a courtroom, fighting for your life while people are calling you a devil. for all intents and purposes i was a murderer. whether i was or not. and i had to live with the idea that that would be my life. reporter: knox then an american college student in italy spent nearly four years in prison after she and her italian boyfriend were convicted of murdering meredith kercher, knox s then roommate. details emerged of a kinky sex game gone wrong. she was dubbed the femme fatale. this is how she responds to diane sawyer. she devil with an angel face. i haven t heard those. i mean i ve heard the gist of
there was some eaconcern they we thinking about something along this line. amanda did not give a public statement but did issue one through her pr firm today saying that this was very painful news to hear and saying, again, that she is innocent and that the prosecution s theory for her involvement in this murder is absolutely unfounded and unfair. amanda knox also expressed concern and said her heart goes out to the family of meredith kercher. linda, thank you so much. we ll be following this. in phoenix the murder trial of jodi arias about to take place. it s going to resume. she of course, as you know, accused in the killing of her ex-boyfriend. back on the stand the defense team s second expert witness, domestic violence expert who specializes in treating battered women. she s expected to say arias killed her ex in self-defense and a victim of domestic