FILE – In this Friday Nov. 2, 2007 file photo Amanda Marie Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, stand outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead Friday, in Perugia, Italy. The state’s prosecutor is arguing his case that an appeals court should reinstate the guilty verdict against U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox for the grisly 2007 murder of her roommate. Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Monday that Italy’s highest court had “razed to the ground” the Perugia appellate court’s 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts, freeing Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Raffaele Sollecito, Giulia Bongiorno
In this picture taken with a mobile phone, US student Amanda Knox’s Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, right, stands up with his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno, left, and his father Francesco during of a hearing in Sollecito and Knox’s trial at an appeals court in Florence, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The state’s prosecutor is arguing his case that an appeals court should reinstate the guilty verdict against U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox for the grisly 2007 murder of her roommate. Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Monday that Italy’s highest court had “razed to the ground” the Perugia appellate court’s 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts, freeing Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito.(AP Photo/Riccardo Sanesi, Lapresse) ITALY OUT
Raffaele Sollecito
In this picture taken with a mobile phone, US student Amanda Knox’s Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, right, arrives at a hearing in Sollecito and Knox’s trial at an appeals court in Florence, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The state’s prosecutor is arguing his case that an appeals court should reinstate the guilty verdict against U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox for the grisly 2007 murder of her roommate. Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Monday that Italy’s highest court had “razed to the ground” the Perugia appellate court’s 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts, freeing Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito.(AP Photo/Riccardo Sanesi, Lapresse) ITALY OUT
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito
FILE – In this Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 file photo U.S. student Amanda Knox, right, walks past Raffaele Sollecito, as she arrives after a break to attend a hearing in her appeals trial, at Perugia’s courthouse, Italy. The state’s prosecutor is arguing his case that an appeals court should reinstate the guilty verdict against U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox for the grisly 2007 murder of her roommate. Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Monday, November 25, 2013 that Italy’s highest court had “razed to the ground” the Perugia appellate court’s 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts, freeing Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — The state’s prosecutor is arguing his case that an Italian appeals court should reinstate the guilty verdict against U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox for the grisly 2007 murder of her roommate.
Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Monday that Italy’s highest court had “razed to the ground” the Perugia appellate court’s 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts, freeing Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito.
Knox and Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of killing Knox’s 21-year-old British roommate, Meredith Kercher, and sentenced to 26 years and 25 years in jail, respectively.
They were freed on appeal in 2011. Knox, who spent four years in jail, did not return to Italy for the third trial. Sollecito was in court again Monday.
