“Knox to head home to Seattle while prosecutor plans to appeal”

1. “Knox to head home to Seattle while prosecutor plans to appeal”

2. In 2009 Amanda Knox and Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of the death of Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student and Knox's roommate in Perugia, Italy. After four years locked up in an Italian prison, Amanda Knox will savor her first full day of freedom Tuesday by going home to Seattle. The jury cleared both Knox and Sollecito of the murder charges, freeing them from their respective 26- and 25-year sentences. Both Knox and Sollecito’s sentences were overturned. The jury evidently believed Knox's impassioned final statement to the court, delivered in a voice trembling with emotion. "I am not what they say I am -- perverse, violent. ... I haven't murdered. I haven't raped. I haven't stolen," Knox said in the most important speech of her life.

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