Amanda Knox Case Latest News: Appeal Trial Set for March 25
Amanda Knox has been trying to live a semblance of a normal life in Seattle since being released from prison. The 27-year-old is currently employed at a bookstore and is writing for the West Seattle Herald. Moreover, Knox has become engaged to Colin Sutherland. Sutherland, 27, is said to have known Cox since they were in middle school and has reportedly written numerous letters to her while she was incarcerated in Italy.
The news of Knox's engagement was first reported in Seattle Times, and columnist Jonathan Martin wrote that Knox confirmed the engagement via email. No date has been set for the wedding.
But as they celebrate their engagement, legal proceedings continues in Italy as Knox and her co-defendant and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito fight back against their 2014 reconviction by an Italian court for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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The appeal hearing, scheduled on March 25 in Italy, could result in Knox's acquittal. Many of her supporters fear that Knox and Sollecito could be sent back for another trial. Knox has repeatedly said that she has no intentions of voluntarily returning to Italy. If she is convicted again, Italy is likely to request to extradite her, but Sutherland speculates that members of Washington's congressional delegation will make it into a political fight.
Analysts who have been closely following Knox's case also believe that the possibility of the U.S. extraditing her are slim. According to the Oxford University Press blog, Knox would not be extraditable to Italy "because she was retried for the same acts, the same facts, and the same conduct."
