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American Amanda Knox won a major victory Saturday in her appeal of the murder conviction in the death of her British roommate when an Italian appellate judge granted approval of independent forensic reviews on two key pieces of evidence.

The jailed American student’s appeal of her conviction for murdering her roommate in Italy could result in her sentence being lengthened from 26 years to life. But her father, Curt Knox, said: “If they really look at the facts, this isn’t that much of a gamble.”

Jurors believed American Amanda Knox played a role in the slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, but they thought the death came about without any premeditation or animosity, according to a report released Thursday.

An Italian court began deliberations Friday in the year-long trial of American student Amanda Knox, who is charged with murdering ...

Women police officers investigating the murder of British student Meredith Kercher "had it in" for suspect Amanda Knox because of a sex toy, a court has heard, Sky News reported.

Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.