Amanda Knox vows to 'fight for the truth' after Italian court convicts her again of slander

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Amanda Knox told Italian TV on Thursday that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court's decision to find her guilty of slander in light of a European court ruling that police who took her confession had violated her human rights.

Amanda Knox told Italian TV on Thursday that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court's decision to find her guilty of slander in light of a European court ruling that police who took her confession had violated her human rights.

Knox was on hand in the Florence court on Wednesday when she was re-convicted of slandering Patrick Lumumba, who was held for two weeks on suspicion of murder before police released him with an iron-clad alibi. Police use tear gas to disperse Pro-Palestinian supporters occupying McGill University administration building

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