All About Amanda Knox

The murder of Meredith Kercher occurred in Perugia, Italy, on 1 November 2007. Kercher, aged 21 at the time of her death, was a British university exchange student from Coulsdon, south London. She was found dead on the floor of her bedroom with stab wounds to the throat. Some of her belongings were missing, including cash, two credit cards, two cell phones, and her house keys.

Murder of Meredith Kercher
Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher, known as Mez
Born	28 December 1985 Southwark, London, England
Died	1 November 2007 (aged 21) Via della Pergola 7, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Cause of death	Knife wounds leading to blood loss and suffocation
Burial	14 December 2007 Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon, London
Prosecutor	Giuliano Mignini
Arrested	Amanda Knox Raffaele Sollecito Patrick Lumumba Rudy Guede
Convicted of sexual assault, murder	Guede (29 October 2008) Knox and Sollecito (4 December 2009)
Convictions overturned	Knox and Sollecito (3 October 2011)

Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast native raised in Perugia, was convicted in October 2008 of having sexually assaulted and murdered Kercher, and was sentenced to 30 years, reduced on appeal to 16 years in December 2009. Also charged were Amanda Knox, an American exchange student and flatmate of Kercher, and Knox's then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian student. Knox and Sollecito were convicted of sexual assault and murder in December 2009, and sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively. Their convictions were overturned on appeal in October 2011 by a panel of six lay jurors and two judges, after independent court-appointed forensic experts discredited DNA evidence that had been crucial to the prosecution's case.

The murder and subsequent events, especially Knox's arrest and trial, received worldwide press coverage, often in the form of salacious tabloid reporting, particularly in Italy and England. Some observers criticized the media for not describing the case accurately and dispassionately, thus making wrongful convictions more likely to occur.
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