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| Amanda Knox: I have faith in Italian justice |
| By timesonline.co.uk |
| Published: 12/09/2009 |
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Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Perugia just over two years ago, has said from prison that her "rights were respected" during her trial and she believes she will be freed on appeal. Knox, 22, said, "I still have faith in Italian justice", according to Walter Verini, a centre Left Parliamentary deputy who visited her in jail. Italian prisoners are entitled to visits from their lawyers, relatives and members of Parliament. Knox's remarks are at odds with a wave of outspoken attacks on the trial and the Italian justice system as such from supporters in the United States. Some have said that the sentence handed down just after midnight last Saturday morning was the result of anti-Americanism and amounted to a "public lynching". Knox was given a 26 year sentence for murder and sexual assalt while her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, her former Italian boyfriend, was given 25 years. Read More. |
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