Amanda Knox Case Update: Decision On Meredith Kercher Roommate’s Fate Delayed Due To Evidence, What It Means For American’s Murder Trial [PHOTO]
The decision reached by Italy's highest court could change her life forever if they uphold her conviction, but American Amanda Knox will need to wait an additional two days to learn what her fate may be.
Meredith Kercher's Family Hopes Amanda Knox Will Be Extradited
The Italian Court of Cassation will delay its ruling on whether to uphold Knox's January 2014 conviction until Friday, due to the amount of evidence that is being heard, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Presiding judge Gennaro Marasca says the defense lawyer's final statements will be heard at 9 a.m. March 27, before the court would retire and come up with a decision to be revealed later that day.
Definititve Trial For Amanda Knox Approaches
According to the report, a prosecutor and six lawyers were originally due to speak before five judges gave their verdict today on whether or not they would uphold Knox's sentence of 28 ½ years for the 2007 murder of her former roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, in the flat they shared in Perugia, Italy.
If the sentence is confirmed, Italian government officials would likely begin trying to start extradition proceedings to have Knox brought back to Italy from the U.S., where she has been living since she was acquitted of her first conviction back in 2009. Her co-defendant and ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, would likely be brought to an Italian prison to immediately begin serving his 25 year sentence, as he remains in Italy and had his travel documents seized immediately following the pair's second convictions.
The court could also decide to throw out the pair's second convictions, and order a third and final appeals trial, which could see them either acquitted a second time or convicted for the third time.
Making the case more complicated for Knox, Sollecito's attorneys are expected to try and separate the pairs plights by arguing that much of the evidence used to sentence them is applicable only to Knox, and have even suggested that Sollecito cannot account for his former girlfriend's whereabouts on the night of the murder.
"We are not throwing Knox overboard, but if the court wants to do that, Sollecito remains safe and dry," Giulia Bongiorno, a lawyer representing Sollecito said.
