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In a definitive ruling, Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation upholds Amanda Knox's slander conviction for falsely accusing her former employer, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007. This decision concludes a protracted legal battle that has spanned nearly two decades.
In November 2007, Meredith Kercher was found murdered in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia, Italy. Under intense police interrogation, conducted without legal counsel or a competent interpreter, Knox implicated Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, in the crime. Lumumba was subsequently arrested and detained for nearly two weeks before being released when. . .
