Falsely Accusing

 Top court upholds Amanda Knox’s conviction for falsely accusing man of murder

Knox had appealed the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling.

sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Altlantic.

Knox had appealed the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling that said her rights had been violated by the police’s failure to provide a lawyer and adequate translator during a long night of questioning just days after Meredith Kercher’s murder.

Judge Monica Boni read the verdict aloud in a courtroom that was empty except for a few reporters and guards. The lawyers for both Knox and the man she wrongly accused, Patrick Lumumba, had gone home.

Reached by telephone, Lumumba said he was satisified with the verdict. “Amanda was wrong. This sentence has to accompany her for the rest of her life,″ he said.

The ruling should bring an end to a sensational 17-year legal saga that saw Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend convicted and acquitted in flip-flo

sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Altlantic.

Knox had appealed the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling that said her rights had been violated by the police’s failure to provide a lawyer and adequate translator during a long night of questioning just days after Meredith Kercher’s murder.

Judge Monica Boni read the verdict aloud in a courtroom that was empty except for a few reporters and guards. The lawyers for both Knox and the man she wrongly accused, Patrick Lumumba, had gone home.

Reached by telephone, Lumumba said he was satisified with the verdict. “Amanda was wrong. This sentence has to accompany her for the rest of her life,″ he said.