Amanda Knox and John Ramsey - Megyn Kelly's "Double Feature" of Fascinating Interviews

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Trial, Conviction, Acquittal, Retrial, and Final Exoneration

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In January 2009, Knox heard 'Colpevole' — guilty — and braced for a life in Italian prison. On appeal, the DNA evidence on the knife and bra clasp was thrown out and Knox was acquitted, flying home to Seattle. But the prosecutor appealed, and a new trial ordered by a higher court resulted in a second guilty verdict using the same kitchen-sink approach of circumstantial allegations. Finally, Italy's Supreme Court reversed that conviction definitively — and went further than anyone expected, not just overturning the verdict but declaring Knox and Raffaele innocent, citing sensational failures by investigators, errors and omissions by the prosecutor, and contaminated evidence. Knox says even this outcome surprised her; the Supreme Court virtually never takes that step. She notes Italy's system, whatever its flaws, does at least allow for such a declaration of innocence — something American courts do not.