Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito who had undergone four years imprisonment for murdering British student Meredith Kercher was acquitted by the Italian Appeal Court on 3^rd October 2011. Kercher’s was found dead in her apartment that she shared with Knox with more than 40 wounds and a deep cut in the throat. All vital evidence used in the original trial to convict Knox and Sollecito was false and manipulated and this had been realised in the appeal trial that had gripped attention on both sides of the Atlantic. The verdict had brought a great humiliation to the Italian Justice system. Though there are chances that prosecutors may formally appeal to Italian Supreme Court, Knox will never be extradited back to Italy as the case is in effect over. But the conviction against Knox for defamation was upheld as she had falsely accused another person Patrick Lumumba of the murder. She was given three years imprisonment for this offence which she had already served.

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