KEY DATES IN THE CONVICTION OF AMANDA KNOX
Nov 2, 2007: Body of Meredith Kercher is found in Perugia apartment. Investigators say she was killed the night before.
Nov 6, 2007: Knox is arrested with then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Diya 'Patrick' Lumumba, Congolese owner of pub where Knox occasionally worked.
Nov 20, 2007: Lumumba, implicated by Knox statements to police, is released from jail for lack of evidence.
Dec 6, 2007: Ivory Coast national Rudy Hermann Guede is extradited from Germany, where he was arrested, and jailed upon arrival in Italy.
Dec 14, 2007: Meredith is laid to rest after funeral in London.
Oct 28, 2008: Judge indicts Knox and Sollecito on murder and sexual assault charges. Guede, who was granted a fast-track trial, is convicted of murder and sexual assault and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Jan 16, 2009: Trial of Knox and Sollecito opens in Perugia.
Jun 12, 2009: Knox takes stand; tells court she was shocked by Meredith's death, offers alibi and says police beat her into making false statements.
Dec 4, 2009: Court finds Knox guilty of murder and sexual assault; sentences her to 26 years in prison. Sollecito is convicted of same charges and sentenced to 25 years.
Dec 22, 2009: Appeals court upholds Guede conviction and cuts sentence to 16 years.
Nov 8, 2010: Judge orders Knox to stand trial on slander charges for claiming police beating.
Nov 24, 2010: Appeals trial for Knox and Sollecito opens in Perugia.
Dec 16, 2010: Italy's highest criminal court upholds Guede's conviction and 16-year prison sentence.
June 29, 2011: Independent forensic report ordered by appeals court finds much of the DNA evidence used to convict Knox and Sollecito is unreliable.
October 3, 2011: Knox and Sollecito are freed after appeals court overturns conviction for murder.
Good timeline of Kercher murder and Knox 4-year drama. I followed this story the whole time and thought that she was innocent at the beginning. It just didn't add up. So when the verdict to overturn her conviction was reached today, I was watching it live and was actually holding my breath. I'm very glad for the outcome. Welcome home Amanda.
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