The jury that cleared American student Amanda Knox of murder did so for lack of evidence proving she was guilty, the judge in the case said in legal paperwork published Thursday.
Sprung from prison, she has a secret night out, reunites with family and even sees an old boyfriend
Curt Knox isn't sure if Amanda has already reached out to Raffaele Sollecito
The release of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito from an Italian jail after they were cleared on appeal of killing British student Meredith Kercher has received extensive coverage throughout the European media.
She leaves an Italian prison after the decision by the appeals court
CNN's Matthew Chance recounts what happened in the courtroom as the Amanda Knox decision was read.
In a ruling read to a tension-filled courtroom, an Italian jury on Monday cleared Amanda Knox of murder and other charges, nearly four years after she was arrested on suspicion of having killed her roommate in this picturesque Italian university town.
Raffaele Sollecito speaks about the sacrifices made by his and Amanda Knox's families during the trial.
American Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, won their appeals of their convictions in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Here is a guide to the Italian appeal process.
Raffaele Sollecito was a 23-year-old computer science student when his girlfriend's roommate, Meredith Kercher, was found dead in the house she shared with Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy, four years ago.
CNN?s Becky Anderson looks back at the four-year trial of Amanda Knox and the murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher.
British college student Meredith Kercher was found dead in November 2007, her throat slashed in an Italian villa she shared with American student Amanda Knox. Knox, her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and a drifter named Rudy Guede were tried for murder.
The decision is expected Monday in the appeal of the American student convicted of murder
Nearly four years after she was arrested on suspicion of having killed her roommate in this picturesque Italian university town, Amanda Knox pleaded with a jury Monday to overturn her conviction for murder.
It was the first house she looked at upon arriving in the small town in central Italy that would be her home for a semester abroad.
Watch CNN's 'Murder Abroad: The Amanda Knox Story,' Sunday, May 8 and Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The American woman is seeking to overturn her murder conviction in Italy
An Italian prosecutor in American Amanda Knox's appeal against her murder conviction put forward a vigorous defense in closing arguments Saturday of the DNA evidence used to find her guilty.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to the mother of Amanda Knox who is hopeful for her daughter's murder conviction appeal.
The American woman could win her appeal because of problems with DNA evidence on a knife
A day before American Amanda Knox's appeal of her murder conviction resumes in an Italian appeals court, the sister of slaying victim Meredith Kercher vowed to keep fighting for justice on her behalf.
Italian police forensic operations came under scrutiny Saturday at the appeal of American student Amanda Knox against her murder conviction in Italy.
Amanda Knox is appealing her conviction in an Italian court. Showbiz Tonight's AJ Hammer has more.
Police forensic scientists involved in the Amanda Knox murder case made a series of glaring errors during their investigation, according to court-appointed experts who testified Monday in her appeal.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and author Barbie Nadeau about the Amanda Knox appeal.
CNN's Phil Black has more on the appeal of Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murdering her roomate in Italy.
The family of American student Amanda Knox is happy that new DNA analysis has called into question her murder conviction, but won't celebrate "until she walks out of that prison," her mother said Thursday.
American student Amanda Knox's bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of her British roommate in Italy may have been given a boost by fresh DNA analysis.
CNN's Phil Black reports a convicted child killer is among criminals testifying on behalf of Amanda Knox for her appeal.
A probe into the evidence against Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murder in Italy, was extended for another 40 days on Saturday, according to her attorney.
It was the first house she looked at upon arriving in the small town in central Italy that would be her home for a semester abroad.
Amanda Knox's parents speak about the upcoming appeal of her murder conviction and the slander charges she faces.
The parents of Amanda Knox, an American convicted of murdering her British roommate in 2007, were indicted Tuesday for allegedly libeling police in Perugia, Italy, Knox's mother and the family's Italian attorney said.
Amanda Knox, the American convicted in December 2009 of the sexual assault and murder of her British roommate in Italy, is "cautiously optimistic" as she begins the lengthy appellate process in Perugia, Italy, her best friend Madison Paxton said on Saturday.
Amanda Knox won a major victory Saturday in her appeal of the murder conviction in the death of her roommate.
American Amanda Knox won a major victory Saturday in her appeal of the murder conviction in the death of her British roommate when an Italian appellate judge granted approval of independent forensic reviews on two key pieces of evidence.
Former American student Amanda Knox gave an emotional plea Saturday while appealing her conviction in the murder of her British roommate in Italy.
Jurors believed American Amanda Knox played a role in the slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, but thought the death came about without any premeditation or animosity, according to a report released Thursday.
One of the men convicted of killing British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007 has had his sentence reduced on appeal, a lawyer in the case said Tuesday.
CNN's Larry King talks with Amanda Knox's parents after their daughter is sentenced to spend 26 years in an Italian jail.
The man convicted of killing British student Meredith Kercher has given an interview from his Italian jail cell, insisting Amanda Knox is a "sweet girl" incapable of murder.
CNN's Paula Newton reports on the questions being raised in the aftermath of Amanda Knox's murder conviction.
Amanda Knox is in an Italian jail, sentenced to spend the next 26 years there for the 2007 slaying of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The parents of American student Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murdering British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Italy, say their daughter is ready to face the appeals process as she begins serving her 26-year prison sentence.
Family members of Meredith Kercher said Saturday they were satisfied with the verdict that found American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, guilty of the fatal knifing of the British student.
An Italian jury has found American student Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty in the stabbing death of British exchange student Meredith Kercher.
CNN's Paula Newton reports from Perugia, Italy as many await a court decision.
The jury in the trial of two people accused of murdering a British student Meredith Kercher in Italy was set to begin its deliberations Friday.
American student Amanda Knox took the stand for a third time Thursday, telling jurors in her Italian murder trial she is not an "assassin" who killed her former roommate.
Who killed 21 year old British student Meredith Kercher?
A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox -- accused in Italy of killing her roommate -- on Tuesday said the prosecution's theory doesn't fit the facts of the case and there is not sufficient evidence to find her guilty.
A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox made an impassioned plea to the jury Wednesday as the high-profile case neared its conclusion. Knox is the American student accused of killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, at the villa they shared in Italy.
When Amanda Knox's parents head to Italy for closing arguments in their daughter's murder trial they'll be carrying a present they hope desperately she can use soon: a plane ticket home.
Larry King talks to Eda Mellas, Curt Knox and others about the trial of Amanda Knox and the up coming verdict.
Closing arguments began Friday in the trial of American Amanda Knox with the prosecutor calling for an end to the legal saga that began with British student Meredith Kercher's death two years ago.
It has been two years since the body of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher was found in the house she shared with fellow students in Perugia, Italy.
Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, prosecutors and police declared the case closed.
Amanda Knox's parents are hopeful that an Italian court's decision not to re-evaluate the evidence against their daughter means she will be found not guilty of killing her roommate.
Larry King talks to Eda Mellas and Curt Knox about up coming verdict in the trial of their daughter Amanda.
The murder trial of American student Amanda Knox in the death of her housemate two years ago resumed Monday in Italy after a summer break.
American student Amanda Knox, accused of killing her housemate two years ago, testified in her murder trial Saturday that she was intimidated by Italian police during questioning.
On trial for the murder of her roommate, American student Amanda Knox arrives at an Italian courtroom.
American college student Amanda Knox told an Italian courtroom Friday that she was at the home of her boyfriend the night her roommate was killed two years ago, her attorney said.
The Italian media call her "Foxy Knoxy," portray her as a "devil with an angel's face," and there are 11 Facebook pages dedicated to her, all in Italian.
Prosecutors request indictments against three suspects for killing a British student. CNN's Alessio Vinci reports.
A grocer has told a court in Italy that an American woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher was in his shop the morning after the death, contradicting the timeline she had previously given.
An American woman and her Italian former boyfriend went on trial in Perugia Friday in the 2007 killing of a British exchange student, with reporters crowding the courtroom as proceedings began.
An Italian judge has ruled that two suspects in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher must remain in jail while they await trial, the lawyer for one of the suspects said Thursday.
Knox and boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito to face their accusers in December, after third accused Guede found guilty
A judge Tuesday convicted Rudy Guede, a native of the Ivory Coast, in last year's murder of a British woman in Italy and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
A judge ruled Tuesday that the case against one of three suspects in the slaying last November of British student Meredith Kercher will go to trial separately and on a fast track.
Italian prosecutors are requesting indictments against three suspects in connection with the November killing of a 20-year-old British student, one of the suspect's lawyers told CNN.
DNA belonging to Raffaele Sollecito, a suspect in the murder of a British student in Italy, was found on a bra belonging to the victim, his lawyer said Friday.
Forensic police investigating the killing of Meredith Kercher in Italy say they have uncovered more evidence tying the British student's American housemate to the scene of the crime.
A panel of judges in Italy said an American student held in connection with the killing of Meredith Kercher should stay in police custody because evidence suggested she had "fatal capacity for aggression," Italian media reported Wednesday.
As CNN's Jennifer Eccleston reports, the murder trial of a British student in Italy case could rest on forensics.
A court has ruled that an American student and her Italian boyfriend held in connection with the death of a British student in Italy must remain in jail, according to one of the defense lawyers in the case.
CNN's Jennifer Eccleston reports on how a student murder mystery in Italy is affecting an historic university town.
The latest suspect in the case of murdered British student Meredith Kercher was in the victim's apartment when she was killed and tried to confront the assailant after the attack, his lawyer told CNN Sunday.
An American exchange student in Italy is a suspect in a murder mystery. CNN's Jennifer Eccleston reports.
DNA testing shows that a slain British student had sex with one of the suspects being held in the case, the prosecutor's office said Thursday.
Amanda Knox has told police she's not sure what happened the night her roommate was killed in the Italian villa they shared -- but that she did not kill Meredith Kercher.
A suspect's shoe that appears to match a print found near the body of a murdered British student does not contain any of the victim's DNA, the Italian prosecutor's office told CNN on Thursday.
Italian investigators are awaiting the results of crucial DNA tests on evidence related to the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, as the latest suspect arrested in the case awaits his extradition to Italy.
Police are looking for a fourth suspect in the murder of a young British woman. CNN's Jennifer Eccleston reports
Italian police have identified a fourth suspect in the killing of a 21-year-old British woman in Italy after linking him to a bloody fingerprint on a pillow at the scene of the crime.
Investigators probing the killing of a 21-year-old British woman in Italy say they have identified a new suspect in the case after discovering a bloody fingerprint on a pillow at the scene of the crime.
DNA belonging to a British woman slain in Italy has been found on a knife belonging to her roommate's boyfriend, one of three suspects in her death, Italian police said Thursday.
Time.com: A Murder Year Abroad?
updated: Wed Nov 14 2007 11:00:00
An American student in Italy is a suspect in a brutal murder, and the media boils with leaks and speculation
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