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Prosecutors appeal Amanda Knox's acquittal

Amanda Knox, right, and her mother Edda smile at a crowd of supporters during a news conference held at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport near Seattle, Washington on October 4, 2011. Knox arrived in the United States after departing Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport,. Knox's life turned around dramatically Monday when an Italian appeals court threw out her conviction in the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of her British roommate. UPI Photo/Jim Bryant

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Published: Feb. 14, 2012 at 12:04 PM

PERUGIA, Italy, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Italy's highest appeals court was asked Tuesday to reject the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher.

Prosecutors in Perugia filed a 111-page document seeking to reinstate the convictions of Knox and Sollecito in the stabbing death of Kercher, a 21-year-old British exchange student, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito faced 25 years behind bars before an appeals court overturned their convictions four months ago.

The two spent four years in prison before being released.

Topics: Meredith Kercher

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