PERUGIA, Italy—An Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox and her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito's murder conviction, allowing for their immediate release.
The ruling overturns a 26-year sentence handed down to Ms. Knox in the original trial in which she had been found guilty of murdering 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007 together with her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and local drifter Rudy Guede.
Ms. Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict was read out Monday. Her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing Ms. Kercher.
Wall Street Journal story here.
(For more on the prosecutor and some of his bizarre theories, check out Doug Preston's book, The Monster of Florence.)
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