Amanda Knox’s attempt to 'clear my name once and for all' in connection to the murder of her roommate in Italy ended with a re-conviction for slander.
’s attempt to “clear my name once and for all” in connection to the headline-gripping 2007 murder of her roommate in Italy concluded Wednesday with a re-conviction for slander as an Italian court found Knox wrongly accused an innocent man for the killing.
Making her first appearance in an Italian court since 2011 — the same year she was released after spending four years in prison following her wrongful conviction in the murder of fellow exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy — Knox once again faced the charge related to her falsely accusing Kercher’s murder on Patrick Lumumba, the owner of a bar where Knox worked while in Italy.
Following Kercher’s murder, under intense police interrogation, Knox said Lumumba broke into their apartment and then sexually assaulted and killed Kercher; Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Lumumba were all eventually arrested and jailed on suspicion of murder, but Lumumba had a strong alibi — he was bartending at the time — and was released from custody two weeks later.
“I am very sorry that I was not strong enough to resist the pressure of police,” Knox admitted during the slander trial (Although bloody fingerprint evidence quickly pointed to 20-year-old Rudy Guede, who had previous arrests for burglary, as Kercher’s murderer, Knox and Sollecito remained under suspicion and, after a trial, were ultimately convicted for the murder in 2009, with Knox receiving a 26-year sentence; two years later, in 2011, forensic evidence during the trial was proven flawed,...
On June 5th, I will walk into the very same courtroom where I was reconvicted of a crime I didn't commit, this time to defend myself yet again. I hope to clear my name once and for all of the false charges against me. Wish me luck.
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