The slander charge was largely based on two statements typed by police that Knox signed during the early hours of Nov. 6, 2007, under extended questioning in Italian from police without a lawyer or a competent translator.
Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all.Her chance was made possible when a European court ruled that Italy violated her human rights during a long night of questioning after the murder of her British roommate in November 2007.
Guede served 13 years of a 16-year prison sentence handed down after a fast-track trial that foresees lighter sentences under Italian law.Based on the ruling by the European court, Italy’s highest court threw out Knox's slander conviction last November and ruled that the two statements typed by police were inadmissible. It ordered a new trial, instructing the Florence court to consider only a handwritten statement that Knox wrote in English some hours later.
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Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander chargeAmanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. This was made possible after a European court ruled that Italy violated her human rights during a long night of questioning after the murder of her British roommate in November 2007.
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Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander chargeAmanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all
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Amanda Knox to defend herself in Italian court against a 16-year-old slander chargeAmanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all
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Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander chargeAmanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all.
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Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander chargeAmanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all.
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Amanda Knox plans 'to defend myself' in Italian courtroom at slander trialErik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
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