PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — An Italian court says it will allow independent review of crucial DNA evidence in Amanda Knox’s appeals trial on her murder conviction.
The ruling Saturday evening by the appellate court in Perugia is an important victory in the defense strategy to try to overturn a lower court conviction of Knox and 26-year prison sentence for the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. The lower court trial had rejected a similar defense move for an outside check of DNA found on the victim’s bra clasp and on a knife the prosecution alleged was used in the fatal stabbing.
