The Italian Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Amanda Knox Friday for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher.
Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted as accomplices in the murder of Kercher in the apartment they shared an exchange student in Perugia in 2009.But the conviction was overturned in 2011 and in 2014 after prosecutors argued that the evidence was ignored. Appeal the guilty verdict was reinstated. Knox was again convicted in abstentia.
. She faced extradition to Italy if the conviction was treated.
A man named Rudy Guede, whose fingerprints and DNA were found at the scene, has already been convicted for the murder and is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence, but prosecutors had argued that Knox and Sollecito were Guede’s accomplices.
This means the only standing conviction against Amanda Knox is a slander conviction for 2007 statements she made blaming bar owner Patrick Lumumba for Kercher’s murder. Lumumba was eventually cleared and sued Knox for slander. She was convicted and eventually received a 3-year prison sentence, which will now be counted as time served, since she has already spent almost four years in prison.
Since she moved back to the US after her 2011 acquittal, Knox has been leading a quiet life. She finished her degree at the University of Washington and got work as a freelance journalist for the West Seattle Herald. She was reportedly paid $4 million for her memoir about her experiences in Italy.