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Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were finally set free of the charges of the murder of Meredith Kercher on Monday by an Italian court. After spending almost four years in jail, the controversial trial of the murder of the British student has finally come to an end, but leaving everyone perplexed.

Murdered Briton Meredith Kercher has been forgotten in the fog of a tireless media and public relations campaign to free the American student convicted of killing her, a lawyer for the victim's family told Reuters.

American exchange student, Amanda Knox, was acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and released from an Italian prison in Perugia, following her successful appeal on Monday.

Emotions erupted in the courtroom where Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted of murdering Meredith Kercher on Monday.

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Now that Amanda Knox (aka foxy knoxy) has been freed and acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, what's next?

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Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are free, guilty verdict is overturned

Amanda Knox was acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher on Monday night in Perugia, Italy. A judged ruled in favor of Knox, as well as co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, in their first appeals trial four years after Kercher was killed.

Who killed Meredith Kercher? The verdict in the 2011 Amanda Knox appeal is in - the murder conviction has been overturned.

Amanda Knox has been found innocent of the murder of Meredith Kercher. The verdict was delivered one and a half hours after the promised 8 p.m. deadline, an indication that the jury did not have an easy time with the decision.

Six jurors and two judges need more time to reach a verdict in Amanda Knox's appeal on Monday.

American student Amanda Knox, pleaded for her release on Monday, after spending four years in an Italian jail.

The Amanda Knox case verdict is expected to be read around 8 p.m. local time in Perugia, Italy (2 p.m. Eastern Standard) a judge said on what could be the final day of a four-year long saga.

American student Amanda Knox made a tearful plea to an Italian court Monday to be acquitted of murdering her British roommate during a brutal erotic game, saying she was paying with her life for a crime she did not commit.

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito could see their convictions and sentences in the murder of Meredith Kercher overturned, following their final appeal.

American student Amanda Knox, convicted in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, has a very optimistic family who expect that she will be cleared and released from her Italian prison.

Michael Jackson's doctor delayed calling 911 so he could hide certain medical supplies first, a witness testified Thursday in the trial of Conrad Murray, who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the singer's 2009 death.

The rapper now begins a one-year probation following drug charges from 2010.

American student Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murdering her flat mate, is a victim of tragic judicial case and is an innocent girl whose life has been swept away by a tsunami, Amanda's defense lawyer told the court on Thursday, during an appeal against the original verdict.

Probation departments across California are hiring, bucking the state's grim jobs market as they prepare for tens of thousands of felons to fall under county control instead of being sent to state prisons.