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