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Knox is Placed in Police Custody
The text of a note Knox wrote on November 6, while in police custody, is published by media outlets. Knox retracts her confession and says she signed the statement because of exhaustion, police pressure, and being hit on the head twice. -
Italian prosecutors formally charge Knox
Italian prosecutors formally charge Knox, Guede and Sollecito with the muder of Meredith Kercher. -
Pre-trial begins
Pretrial proceedings for Amanda and Raffaele began and continued for five weeks, where probable cause was established and eventually folded into Guede’s abbreviated trial. -
Guede is Found Guilty & Knox and Sollecito's Indictment
Judge Micheli found Guede guilty and sentenced him to thirty years (later reduced to sixteen) in prison, then announcing that he found sufficient evidence of guilt for Amanda and Raffaele indicting them to be tried for murder. -
Knox and Sollecito's murder trial begins
The full trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito opens in Perugia’s fifteenth-century courthouse. -
Jury Selection
Amanda’s and Raffaele’s fate would be determined by two judges and six middle-aged jurors, all selected by computer, and all wearing red, green, and white sashes, the colors of Italy’s flag. -
Presentation of Evidence- Prosecution
Chief Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini called twenty witnesses to testify as to events on or around the night of November 1, 2007. Rudy Guede was called as a witness, but refused to testify. -
Presentation of Evidence- Defense
Knox testifies and reveals that during police interrogations she was confused and that interrogators pressured her, called her a "stupid liar" and hit her in the head. -
Final witnesses are heard in the trial.
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Closing Arguments
Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini argued that the murder was a result of an unstoppable game of sex and violence between Amanda, Raffaele, Rudy Guede, and Meredith, and co-prosecutor Manuela Comodi asked for life imprisonment. -
Verdict
The jury finds Knox and Sollecito guilty on all counts in the stabbing death of Kercher. Knox gets a 26-year sentence; Sollecito gets 25 years. -
Appeal
Knox and Sollecito's murder appeal process begins -
Overtured
The jury overturns the 2009 murder conviction of Knox and Sollecito. Knox is, however, judged guilty of slander against Lumumba, an early suspect in the case.