Seattleite and convicted murderer Amanda Knox is back in appeals court overseas today--and things may finally be going her way. more ›

You never really know who your friends are until you're on trial for murder in Italy. more ›

What are you going to talk about around the grill today? How about Amanda Knox or a gang fight in Sodo? Yup, you're sure to be the life o the party. more ›

Currently, there is no dedicated Wikipedia page for Amanda Knox--but there this one titled "The Murder of Meredith Kercher." Founder Jimmy Wales is reviewing the page, and other Knox coverage for accuracy. more ›

Last Saturday, an Italian appeals court heard six witnesses summoned by lawyers for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. The defense is attempting to discredit Antonio 'Toto' Curatolo, a homeless man who testified for the prosecution during the murder trial. Curatolo claims he remembers seeing Amanda and Raffaele near the scene of the crime - the flat shared by Amanda and Meredith - late on the evening of Meredith's murder. Curatolo is the only witness who has been able to visually contradict Amanda and Raffaele's claim that they spent the entire evening at Raffaele's flat. more ›

For those who have an ongoing interest in the Amanda Knox affair, Murder In Italy, the latest book by Italian-American journalist Candace Dempsey, is a must-read. University of Washington student Amanda Knox, along with Raffaele Sollecito, are still socked away in an Italian prison, convicted in December 2009 on 11 counts, including the murder and sexual assault of British student Meredith Kercher. Both Amanda and Raffaele have filed appeals, expected to go to trial this fall. Last week Amanda turned 23, her third consecutive birthday celebrated in prison. more ›

Knox's parents have accused the court of "character assassination" and have expressed absolute confidence that their daughter is innocent. It's hard to argue with the accusations of character assassination--the prosecution referred to her as a "Luciferina" and "a dirty-minded she-devil" in its closing arguments, terms that seem a little loaded for the pursuit of facts. (Not that the defense is rosy-cheeked and innocent, though: Knox's parents were investigated for defamation of Italian police in 2008. more ›

The Seattle P-I has an interesting article on the escalating war of online words between Amanda Knox supporters and those who think she's guilty. We wrote a short post about this back in January, but things have apparently radically escalated since the first salvos were fired. more ›

It's probably too late at night to be writing this sort of piece, but sitting around a lonely house, sipping a glass of Scotch and trying to forget about our more quotidian problems, we found ourselves reading today's (or yesterday's, we suppose) article about the ongoing Amanda Knox trial. In the piece, AP reporter Alessandra Rizzo goes on at length about how Knox didn't seem to show any remorse in the police station following her roommate Meredith Kercher's murder. She quotes three prosecution witnesses (all friends of the victim, apparently), who testified that, "Everybody was upset and she didn't seem to show any emotions," or that she "'made faces,' such as crossing her eyes and sticking her tongue out. She was 'giggling' and kissing [then-boyfriend and co-defendant Raffaele] Sollecito," and finally that, "She didn't show any sadness. She wasn't crying. She seemed quite angry and a bit frustrated and sometimes happy." more ›

According to a brief post we caught over at "The Blotter," the 's comically named crime blog, friends of Amanda Knox, the UW student accused of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, have taken to the web. more ›

According to the electronic edition of the we get in our inboxes each morning, Seattle's most famous exchange student has finally gotten to trial in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox, the UW student accused of taking part in the sado-sexual murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, has been an obsession of the British and Italian (and Seattle, to a lesser degree) media, as the article attests to: more ›

Just two weeks before Amanda Knox is set to go to trial on murder charges, a new witness has come forward, putting the former UW student's alibi in doubt. The new witness claims to have seen Knox in the household supplies section of a store near her home three hours earlier than Knox had said she was there. If the witness is credible (and you have to wonder, seeing as the person waited a year to come forward), it could place Amanda Knox at the home she shared with the slain Meredith Kercher three hours earlier than she reported, or at the very least catch Knox in another lie. more ›

After waiting a year, hometown girl Amanda Knox and her defense team got bad news today. Judge Paolo Micheli indicted Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the murder of Meredith Kercher, and the trial will start December 4. Further, the Seattle Times tells us, "A third suspect, Rudy Hermann Guede of Ivory Coast, was sentenced to 30 years in jail after his defense requested a fast-track trial, said the lawyer for the victim's family Francesco Maresca." That would seem to a) indicate the judge found the prosecution's story compelling, and b) provide compelling reason why you should never, never ask to have your trial fast-tracked. more ›

A hearing began today in Perugia, Italy, in the case of former University of Washington student Amanda Knox. Knox, her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Hermann Guede are accused of killing Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher last November. The hearing is being held to determine whether Knox, Sollecito, and Guede will stand trial. Prosecutors want to charge the three with Kercher's death, sexual violence, and theft. Knox, Sollecito, and Guede all deny involvement in Kercher's slaying. While the courtroom is closed for the proceedings, we know that Knox, Guede, and Kercher's family are all present. The presiding judge is expected to rule on the indictment in several weeks. more ›

University of Washington student and murder suspect Amanda Knox is awaiting trial in an Italian jail cell. Her parents and friends—and Amanda herself—still proclaim her innocence, but things aren't looking up for the 21-year-old. more ›

Perugia's lead prosecutor in the case against Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito says the three suspects will shortly be charged in Meredith Kercher's death. All three stand to be indicted not only with participating in the crime, but also its cover-up. If convicted, Knox and company could be spending upwards of 20 years in an Italian jail cell. more ›

Italian officials have concluded their investigation into the death of UK exchange student Meredith Kercher. Per Italian law, the prosecution informed the defense yesterday of their final findings--that they believe Kercher was murdered by Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Hermann Guede. Prosecutors contend that the three strangled and stabbed the 21-year-old exchange student to death and that Guede sexually assaulted her, with the help of Knox and Sollecito. more ›

Amanda Knox, the 20-year-old University of Washington student at the center of an Italian murder investigation, has been ordered to remain in jail. Knox, along with her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Hermann Guede, are the top suspects in the death of Meredith Kercher. more ›