Acquittal
Amanda Knox got acquitted finally in 2011, but then it was rejected only two years after in 2013. All the while, Amanda Knox maintained her innocence. She appealed the conviction in 2010. Once the investigators reexamined the knife and bra clasp from the scene, they came to the conclusion that the evidence was inconclusive to implicate Sollecito or Knox. Also, court-appointed experts ruled the evidence was inadmissible since the police didn’t properly handle the evidence. Thus, Knox and Sollecito’s convictions got overturned in October 2011, and Knox went home to Seattle. However, in 2013, the high court rejected her 2011 acquittal, claiming both Knox and Sollecito needed to stand trial again. Knox refused to return, but Sollecito had to since he was a citizen. In January 2014, both were convicted of murder, with Knox’s sentence at 28 years. Knox would not return to serve the sentence.
Acquittal
Final Acquittal
Even the US State Department did not force Amanda Knox to return to Italy to serve additional prison time when re-convicted back in 2014. On March 27, 2015, Amanda Knox was cleared of all charges. Actually, the Supreme Court of Cassation released a 52 page report from judges who concluded the “stunning flaws” in the investigation prevented them from convicting the two. If the local carabinieri arrived at the crime scene before the inexperienced postal police, maybe that evidence would have been admissible.
Final Acquittal