Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, was released from prison in Italy on Tuesday.

Guede, 35, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2008. Guede's DNA was found at the murder scene in an apartment in Perugia, Italy. He has maintained his innocence.

Kercher was found dead in November 2007 after being slashed in an apartment she shared with her American roommate Amanda Knox. Kercher and Knox were both exchange students.

The convictions of Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were overturned in 2015. An Italian court initially sentenced Knox to 26 years in prison. She had spent close to four years in jail during the court proceedings.

Prosecutors had argued that Kercher was murdered after she refused to take part in a drug-fueled sex game.

The case drew national and international attention. Many pointed to flaws in the Italian legal system.

In an interview with the London Times also released Tuesday, Knox went into detail over how she and her newborn daughter face negative consequences from the case. Knox is still the center of much controversy, with many people already having an opinion about her character.

“The controversy, not the truth, is what people care about more,” Knox said in the interview. “People want to shame me for living while Meredith is dead.”

She also compared her experience to that of Monica Lewinsky, another private figure who was the subject of international attention. As for her daughter, Knox says “I want her to exist in a world that is going to be much kinder to her than it was to me . . . and I’m trying to figure out how I can have a role in that.”

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