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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox gestures during a press conference, in Seattle. A court in Florence that convicted Amanda Knox in her British roommate's 2007 murder says the wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money the night of the murder. The appellate court on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, issued a 337-page explanation for its January guilty verdicts against Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Knox, 26, was sentenced to 28 ½ years while Sollecito, 30, received 25 years. Knox has been in the United States since 2011, when an earlier appellate trial that overturned her lower court conviction. Sollecito remains in Italy. The release of the court's reasoning opens the verdict to an appeal back to the supreme Court of Cassation. If the high court confirms the convictions, a long extradition fight for Knox is expected. Kercher, 21, was found dead in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in the town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amanda Knox slams Italian court reasoning on guilt

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox gestures during a press conference, in Seattle. A court in Florence that convicted Amanda Knox in her British roommate's 2007 murder says the wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money the night of the murder. The appellate court on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, issued a 337-page explanation for its January guilty verdicts against Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Knox, 26, was sentenced to 28 ½ years while Sollecito, 30, received 25 years. Knox has been in the United States since 2011, when an earlier appellate trial that overturned her lower court conviction. Sollecito remains in Italy. The release of the court's reasoning opens the verdict to an appeal back to the supreme Court of Cassation. If the high court confirms the convictions, a long extradition fight for Knox is expected. Kercher, 21, was found dead in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in the town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Italian court: Amanda Knox, victim Meredith Kercher fought on day of murder

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Italian Justice Ministry investigating Knox judge

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Amanda Knox prepares to leave the set following a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Amanda Knox’s judge says he suffered over guilty verdict

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Amanda Knox bows her head during a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to &quot;never go willingly&quot; to face her fate in that country's judicial system . &quot;I'm going to fight this to the very end,&quot; she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's &quot;Good Morning America.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Differing perspectives fuel debate over Knox case

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

A woman believed to be Amanda Knox, center left, is hidden under a jacket while being escorted from her mother's home to a car by family members Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Seattle. Amanda Knox says she is frightened and saddened by her &quot;unjust&quot; murder conviction in the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox's lawyers have vowed to appeal to Italy's highest court. In a statement issued from Seattle on Thursday after her conviction was upheld, Knox blamed overzealous prosecutors and a &quot;prejudiced and narrow-minded investigation&quot; for what she called a perversion of justice and wrongful conviction. (AP Photo)

Knox says she will not willingly return to Italy

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ADDS STATEMENT FROM KNOX SPOKESMAN DAVID MARRIOTT-An unidentified woman, center, is hidden under a jacket while being escorted from the home of Amanda Knox's mother, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Seattle. Knox’s family spokesman, David Marriott, said Thursday that Knox was at the house when an Italian court upholding her murder conviction was read Thursday, but said he didn’t know whether the person who emerged was Knox. On Friday, Marriott stated he had made inquiries and that the person under the jacket wasn’t Knox. (AP Photo)

It is a mystery: Who left Knox home in coat?

By CHRIS GRYGIEL - Associated Press

Raffaele Sollecito, left, and his father Francesco leave after attending the final hearing before the third court verdict for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, in Florence, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. The first two trials produced flip-flop verdicts of guilty then innocent for Kercher former roommate, American student Amanda Knox, who is not attending the hearing, and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address issues it raised about the acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Knox co-defendant Sollecito travelled to Austria

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Knox could face return to Italy after conviction

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FILE - In this Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, then murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers from Perugia's court after a hearing, central Italy. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day .(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Italian court convicts Amanda Knox of murder for second time

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Knox could face return to Italy after conviction

Associated Press

A woman believed to be Amanda Knox, center left, is hidden under a jacket while being escorted from her mother's home to a car by family members Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Seattle. Amanda Knox says she is frightened and saddened by her &quot;unjust&quot; murder conviction in the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox's lawyers have vowed to appeal to Italy's highest court. In a statement issued from Seattle on Thursday after her conviction was upheld, Knox blamed overzealous prosecutors and a &quot;prejudiced and narrow-minded investigation&quot; for what she called a perversion of justice and wrongful conviction. (AP Photo)

Amanda Knox in Seattle to see verdict reinstated

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Italy appeals court upholds murder conviction against Amanda Knox, sets 28.6-year sentence

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FILE PHOTOS COMBO - File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/files)

Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstated

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE PHOTOS COMBO - File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/files)

Amanda Knox trial nears 3rd verdict

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 file photo, Amanda Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, are seen outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. Defense lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend will get their final say on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 in the defendants' third trial for the gruesome 2007 murder of Knox's British roommate. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)

Knox lawyers to have last word before verdict

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

** FILE ** American exchange student Amanda Knox (left) and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend, stand outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Italian prosecutor demands guilty verdict for Amanda Knox

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

** FILE ** American exchange student Amanda Knox (left) and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend, stand outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Italian prosecutor argues to reinstate Amanda Knox’s guilty verdict

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** FILE ** Amanda Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are pictured in November 2007 outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Amanda Knox’s second murder trial kicks off in Italy — without her

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Amanda Knox cries following the verdict on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, by a Perugia, Italy, court that overturned her conviction and acquitted her of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, her acquittal was overturned by the Italian courts. (AP Photo/Lapresse)

Amanda Knox faces new murder trial; Italian high court overturns acquittal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times