The accused, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito , never admitted their guilt. The Court of First Instance – a process which in this case was circumstantial – sentenced them in 2009 respectively 26 and 25 years in prison. However, two years later, the accused were acquitted by the court of appeal. READ MORE & gt; & gt; & gt;
The prosecution appealed against the sentence to the Supreme Court, which two years ago sent the case back to the Court of Appeal, this time in Florence. In January 2014 he was sentenced an American to 28 years and 6 months, and Italian for 25 years. Now The Supreme Court defendants ultimately cleared of charges brought against them.
The prosecution demanded their punishment, arguing that killed a young Englishwoman, being intoxicated drugs while orgy in night of Halloween 2007 years. 22-year-old Meredith Kercher was found in a pool of blood in the house in Perugia, who rented together with Amanda Knox. The prosecution, which demanded a life sentence for both defendants argued before the court that Kercher was killed during the attempted rape and for refusing to participate in a sexual orgy.
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