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Amanda Knox
Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, one of the women who shared her apartment, before being definitively acquitted by the Supreme Court of Cassation. Knox, then twenty years old, had raised the alarm after returning from spending the night with her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Following an interrogation, the conduct of which is a matter of dispute, Knox implicated herself and an employer. Knox and Sollecito were initially accused of murdering Kercher while acting with the employer, but he was released and substituted for Rudy Guede whose bloodstained fingerprints had been found on Kercher's possessions.
Pre trial publicity in Italian media portrayed Knox in a negative light, leading to complaints that the prosecution was using character assassination tactics. A guilty verdict at Knox's initial trial and her 26-year sentence caused international controversy, as US experts expressed the opinion that forensic evidence at the crime scene was incompatible with her involvement. A prolonged legal process, including a successful prosecution appeal against her acquittal at a second-level trial, continued after Knox was freed in 2011 and returned to the US. On March 27, 2015 Italy's highest court definitively exonerated Knox and Sollecito. Knox's conviction for Calunnia was upheld, and she is currently being tried on a criminal defamation charge for saying police struck her during the interrogation.
== Early life ==
Amanda Knox grew up in West Seattle with three younger sisters. Her mother, Edda Mellas, a mathematics teacher, and her father, Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at the local Macy's, divorced when Amanda was a few years old. Her stepfather, Chris Mellas, is an information-technology consultant.〔Oloffson, Kirsti. ("Amanda Knox, Convicted of Murder in Italy" ), ''Time'' magazine, December 4, 2009.〕〔Bachrach, Judy ("Perugia’s Prime Suspect" ), ''Vanity Fair'', June, 2008.〕 Knox first travelled to Italy at the age of 15, when she visited Rome, Pisa, the Amalfi Coast and the ruins of Pompeii on a family holiday. Her interest in the country was increased by the book Under the Tuscan Sun, which her mother gave her. She graduated in 2005 from the Seattle Preparatory School and studied linguistics at the University of Washington; making the university's dean's list, and working at part-time jobs to fund an academic year in Italy. Relatives described the 20-year-old Knox as outgoing, but unwary.〔Follain, J., Death in Perugia ISBN 978-0-340-99309-5 page 13-15〕 Her stepfather had strong reservations about her going to Italy that year, as he felt she was still too naïve.〔Follain p.14-15, 19〕
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