Amanda Knox definitively cleared after years of convictions and appeals
After multiple convictions and acquittals, Italy's highest court in 2015 cited major evidence problems and definitively cleared Knox and Sollecito of Meredith Kercher's murder.
Amanda Knox left an Italian court acquitted of murder, then was convicted again. In 2007, she was studying in Perugia, Italy when her roommate, Meredith Kercher, was found killed in their apartment. Prosecutors accused Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito.
Both denied involvement. Rudy Guede's DNA was found at the scene, and he was convicted separately. Knox and Sollecito were convicted, acquitted on appeal, then convicted again after Italy's highest court ordered a retrial.
Shifting judgments and scrutiny
The shifting judgments fueled debate over the forensics and interrogation. The publicity came under scrutiny too.
Final acquittal in 2015
In 2015, the highest court cited major evidence problems and definitively cleared Knox and Sollecito of Kercher's murder.
Guede remained the only person definitively convicted of the killing.
