Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox (born 1984) is an American woman serving a 26 year prison sentence in Perugia, Italy, for the murder of Meredith Kercher, an English university student who was attending the University of Perugia as an ERASMUS exchange student. She was found guilty of the murder, of sexual violence, and of other offences on 4 December 2009.
Knox attended the University of Washington, before moving to Italy in 2007 to attend language classes at the University for Foreigners. In June 2009, due to all her televised court hearings, an Italian television poll listed Knox as a bigger personality than Carla Bruni.
In November 2007, was arrested as a suspect in the death of her roommate,
or veteran FBI Agent Steve Moore,
and several legal experts believe that those charges are unfounded. While in custody, Knox has continued to study Italian, German and other languages, with online college courses from Seattle University. She was in Perugia attending the University for Foreigners (known as Stranieri ) for one year, studying Italian, German and creative writing.
On 20 September 2007, she moved into an upstairs apartment, on the edge of the hilltop town, with 3 other women, who were students at local institutions.
She met Meredith Kercher, who had been in town a while longer and who showed Knox around town. In October 2007, Kercher accompanied Knox on a job interview, when she got hired at the Perugia pub Le Chic. On 25 October 2007, Kercher and Knox had attended a classical music concert at the university, and when Kercher left at intermission, Raffaele Sollecito first met Knox. Knox had both of Kercher's mobile phone numbers (for local and UK), and she had called her several times, such as on 31 October 2007, to discuss their Halloween costumes.
Conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher
Amanda Knox first became known as housemate suspected in the murder of Meredith Kercher on All Saints Day (1 November 2007). Amanda Knox was charged with the murder (and stealing her flatmate's 300 euros and 2 credit cards). Knox testified under oath that she had smoked cannabis on the night of the murder, as well as multiple other occasions. She was found guilty on 4 December 2009. In January 2010, Amanda Knox was charged with defamation against the local Perugia police officers for testifing they had beaten her. Knox's lawyers, seeking to overturn her December 2009 conviction, filed an appeal spanning more than 300 pages on 17 April 2010.

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