knox realizes the jury believes her story. and sinks in the arms of her attorney. the murder convictions are overturned. both are to be set free immediately. 30 hours after a sobbing amanda knox leaves an italian court, a now smiling amanda knox and her family arrived to cheers in seattle. amanda knox is home, speechless but finally approaches the podium. it s the first time she has spoken publicly since her release. as she approaches, she s reminded this time to speak in english. thank you to everyone who s believed in me, who s defended me.
clearly, mignini is now concerned about his own reputation, and his case against amanda knox. the tabloid press still enamored with foxy knoxy is beginning to tell a different story. amanda and raffaello have appealed their convictions. and a new judge and jury were in the driver s seat. the appeal hearing was under way. by now they had both been in prison for four years. raffaello sollecito has shaved his head. knox rarely smiled. fox s family said the couple who had meet just eight days before the murder hadn t communicated since their arrest. march 26, 2011. amanda mouths, are you okay? it is a tender moment in what would be a strange hearing. attorneys cross examine an old
on that same night, meredith kercher returned to the home she shared with amanda after watching a movie with friends. sometime between 11:00 p.m. and midnight a witness living in these apartments across the street claimed to hear a scream and multiple footsteps running away from the house in opposite directions. the next day knox says she returned home to shower and change clothes. then she noticed something was wrong. one roommate s room was turned upside down. a rock on the floor and a broken window. meredith kircher s door was locked, and she wasn t answering her cell phone. i got the phone calls about when she came to her house and amanda kept saying i ve gotten ahold of everybody. i can t get ahold of meredith. she s not answering her phone. her door is locked. there was lots of concern. and i said, okay. you know, call the police, and she did, and, you know, the police came, and then they had
would this have made it into a u.s. court? i don t think this would have made it onto a u.s. lab report. what also made it into court was amanda s so-called confession. in a quirk of italian law, the confession was thrown out of the criminal case against knox, but jurors heard it anyway as part of a civil case being tried simultaneously. in court jurors heard mignini s evidence of guilt, then when they went home each night, they heard the news from a tabloid press gone wild. sensational headlines about the murder suspect dubbed foxy knoxy were rampant. completely fabricated stories of how amanda knox engaged in sexual orgies, satanic rituals, how she bought bleach to clean up the crime scene. all of it according to the prosecutor himself lies. with no conclusive evidence their daughter was guilty, the knox family would enter the courtroom just after midnight on
what also made it into court was amanda s so-called confession. in a quirk of italian law, the confession was thrown out of the criminal case against knox, but jurors heard it anyway as part of a civil case being tried simultaneously. in court jurors heard mignini s evidence of guilt, then when they went home each night, they heard the news from a tabloid press gone wild. sensational headlines about the murder suspect dubbed foxy knoxy were rampant. completely fabricated stories of how amanda knox engaged in sexual orgies, satanic rituals, how she bought bleach to clean up the crime scene. all of it according to the prosecutor himself lies. with no conclusive evidence their daughter was guilty, the knox family would enter the courtroom just after midnight on saturday, december 5th, 2009 believing prosecutors had simply not proved the case.