Italy opens new slander trial against Amanda Knox. She was exonerated 9 years ago in friend’s murder

FLORENCE, Italy — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global spotlight. Knox was a 20-year-old student with … Read more

Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her

MILAN — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her eight years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate. Knox, who was a 20-year-old student when she was accused along with … Read more