Why is Amanda Knox facing yet another trial stemming from 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher?
Amanda Knox became a household name in 2007 after she and her then-boyfriend were arrested and charged with the death of her 21-year-old flatmate. Unprecedented pre-trial media coverage painted her and her boyfriend as degenerate sex fiends who killed an innocent British woman in a kink gone wrong.
She and her boyfriend were convicted and sentenced to more than two decades in prison.
During her trial and subsequent jailing, Knox maintained her innocence. Later investigations found that police had not provided her with legal representation, coerced a confession, and made numerous errors in the investigation that led to Knox's conviction.
She was acquitted in 2011,
