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  • Amanda Knox Acquitted, Italian Court Overturns Conviction in Murder of Meredith Kercher

    Amanda Knox has been acquitted in the murder of Meredith Kercher. An Italian court overturned her murder conviction late on Friday afternoon.

    According to a report from Hollywood Life, this marks the end of a long and twisted road for Amanda Knox. She was arrested and imprisoned for the murder of Meredith Kercher–one of her roommates–back in 2007, along with her then-boyfriend Raffaelo Sollecito.

    Both were found guilty in 2009, with Amanda Knox sentenced to 25 years in prison. In 2011, their convictions were overturned and both Knox and Sollecito were released. However, they both were retried in 2013.

    Amanda Knox had returned home to Seattle, Washington by that time, and she wasn’t present for her second trial. She and Sollecito were once again convicted in January of 2014. He was sentenced to 28 1/2 years behind bars and she received 25 years in absentia.

    This isn’t the first bit of good news Amanda Knox has had to celebrate of late either. In February she announced her engagement to musician Colin Sutherland. He had corresponded with Knox while she was imprisoned abroad. When they later met in person, they knew they were in love.

    Amanda Knox and her family must be thrilled with this latest turn of events. This, of course, in no ways furthers any closure for the family of Meredith Kercher.

    Do you think Amanda Knox is innocent? Does she deserve the acquittal she received today?

  • Amanda Knox Engaged, Will Marry Seattle Musician

    Amanda Knox is engaged. The young woman at the center of the Meredith Kercher murder case in Italy is trying to put the pieces of her life back together in the United States. Knox is engaged to marry musician Colin Sutherland. A date hasn’t yet been set.

    Meredith Kercher and Amanda Knox were roommates in a small town in Italy. Kercher was from the U.K. When she was murdered back in 2007, Amanda Knox and her then-boyfriend were arrested and tried for the murder. An appeal eventually set Knox free in 2011, but in 2014, the Italian court system reinstated the guilty verdict.

    Amanda Knox and her fiance have reportedly known one another since middle school, but only started dating since she ended a relationship with another musician last year.

    Knox earned her bachelor’s degree in creative writing at the University of Washington last year, and is now employed as a freelance journalist and editor in Seattle. Her attorneys have appealed the latest guilty verdict in Italy, and she will learn the fate of that appeal some time in March.

    In the meantime, this news of her engagement is no doubt a very bright light in the lives of Amanda Knox and her family. Her family members have long suffered right along with her throughout this lengthy ordeal.

    Many people–even here in the U.S. still believe Amanda Knox is guilty of murdering Meredith Kercher. Do you believe that is the case? Or do you think she was a scapegoat in a case that was botched more than once on behalf of the Italian investigators?