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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Tue Feb 14, 2012, 09:16 AM Feb 2012

Knox and Sollecito murder acquittals challenged [View all]

Italian prosecutors have launched an appeal against the acquittals of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.

The pair's convictions for murdering Miss Kercher in Perugia were overturned by an appeal court last year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17030477

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Knox and Sollecito murder acquittals challenged [View all] dipsydoodle Feb 2012 OP

Yep JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #1

I'm not quite sure it's standard operating procedure dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #2

I don't know JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #6

She's not going back. Renew Deal Feb 2012 #3

The Anglo-American legal system is one of the few that Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #4

The English system has been recently changed to allow it for "new and compelling evidence" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #5

It would be nice if they allowed new and compelling evidence for the 'guilty' as well saras Feb 2012 #7

On the contrary - DNA evidence has been used in several successful appeals muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #8

Good! Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #9