Amanda Knox & Life Sentence

Amanda Knox & Life Sentence, An Italian prosecutor asked for life imprisonment on Saturday Amanda Knox for the murder of her fellow Briton Meredith Kercher after attacking an independent review found some evidence of DNA used to convict the American students was not reliable.

Seattle native Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were jailed for 26 and 25 years respectively, for murder in 2007 in the university town of Perugia in central Italy.

Knox, 24, and Sollecito, 27, have protested their innocence.

Closing the prosecution’s case on appeal trials Saturday, Manuela amenity DNA evidence remains in dispute against the couple should follow up, and accused the experts who participated in the review of a “shameful act,” the agency ANSA Italian news.

She was a demand for harsher sentences for the couple, citing the aggravating circumstances, such as lack of a motive for murder, according to AFP.

DNA experts on the case said they found no traces of DNA or Knox Kercher on the alleged murder weapon – a kitchen knife found in Sollecito at her house – as initially claimed. They also question whether the evidence of a close Kercher bra was actually found Sollecito’s DNA.

But experts said that amenity had no experience, saying: “I commend the wedding reception of her only child with someone who knows all the recipes by heart, but never actually cooked?”

A verdict of the appeal hearing is expected that as soon as next week after concluding the arguments of the prosecution and defense wrapped up.

Kercher, an exchange student 21 years old, from the University of Leeds in northern England, was found nkd in a pool of blood in the apartment she shared with Knox in 2007. His throat had been cut.

Knox and Sollecito were convicted of Kercher murder in 2009 in what prosecutors alleged was a game of sex for drugs.

A man from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, was found guilty of raping and murdering Kercher in a separate trial and is serving a sentence of 16 years.

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox, A pale and anxious Amanda Knox returned to court today for the final leg of its appeal. Experts have questioned the evidence used in the first trial, when the 24-year-old was convicted for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

The U.S., Foxy Knoxy called, has been behind bars since November 2007 murder, was in the courtoom Perugia, like her co-defendant and one-time boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito.

Before the hearing began, Meredith’s sister Stephanie sent a letter asking the court to evaluate “every piece of evidence” so that justice can be done.

She wrote: “My sister, a daughter brutal and selfish, we removed about four years ago – and yet not a day goes by that we can get any peace or closure.”

Earlier this summer, the appeal heard by two experts who said that forensic scientists had made mistakes in handling the evidence.

They said that Miss Kercher’s DNA on the blade was minimal enough not to be reconsidered.

Knox and Sollecito were convicted in December 2009 with sexually assaulting and killing Kercher’s apartment Knox and the British shared 21 years of age while studying in Perugia.

Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, Sollecito to 25.

Chris Nicks, Knox’s stepfather, said: “There were aspects of the case to be addressed, which addressed, and now nothing remains of the case.”

Knox described as “happy we’re back in court again, and I think a little anxious, not wanting to get her break out is difficult -. up.Every want this thing to continue until it becomes”

Prosecutors have questioned some of the conclusions of independent experts, and maintain tests should be.

However, Kercher’s family insisted he still had faith in the police in Perugia, investigators and the court.

The appeal late last year.

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox, A prosecutor in the appeal trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito went on the attack in a court in Perugia, Italy on Saturday in an attempt to fire an independent forensic expert report that could set the couple free from jail a case that has made headlines worldwide.

Knox and Sollecito were convicted in December 2009 and sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison respectively for the murder of Meredith Kercher 2007, a British student who shared an apartment with Knox in Perugia. Both deny wrongdoing and is expected to sentence will be overturned on appeal. A third person, Rudy Guede, was also convicted in another trial for her involvement in the murder and is serving 16 years. He has exhausted his appeals.

The two experts – Carla Vecchiotti and Stefano Conti – were appointed by the Perugia appeals court to conduct independent DNA testing on crucial pieces of evidence – the alleged murder weapon: a knife found at Sollecito’s house, and the closure of the victim’s bra, which is in the room where the British exchange student was murdered.