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| Kercher murder case: Amanda Knox mulls Italy retrial return | Kercher murder case: Amanda Knox mulls Italy retrial return |
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| US student Amanda Knox has said she may return to Italy to face a retrial over the killing of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007. | |
| "My lawyers have said that I don't have to... I'm still considering it, to be honest," she told USA Today. | "My lawyers have said that I don't have to... I'm still considering it, to be honest," she told USA Today. |
| Ms Knox, 25, also went on US television to publicly protest her innocence as she released her autobiography. | Ms Knox, 25, also went on US television to publicly protest her innocence as she released her autobiography. |
| Last month, an Italian court overturned her acquittal along with that of her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. | Last month, an Italian court overturned her acquittal along with that of her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. |
| Meredith Kercher, 21, was found stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Ms Knox in Perugia in November 2007. | Meredith Kercher, 21, was found stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Ms Knox in Perugia in November 2007. |
| Prosecutors say she died in a brutal sex game that went wrong. | Prosecutors say she died in a brutal sex game that went wrong. |
| Another man - Rudy Guede from Ivory Coast - was convicted in a separate trial and sentenced to 16 years for the killing. | Another man - Rudy Guede from Ivory Coast - was convicted in a separate trial and sentenced to 16 years for the killing. |
| The case has drawn intense media interest in Italy, the UK and the US, and put the Italian police and justice system under great scrutiny. | The case has drawn intense media interest in Italy, the UK and the US, and put the Italian police and justice system under great scrutiny. |
| 'Need for justice' | 'Need for justice' |
| Ms Knox told USA Today on Tuesday that the thought of returning to Italy for the retrial was "scary". | Ms Knox told USA Today on Tuesday that the thought of returning to Italy for the retrial was "scary". |
| "But it's also important for me to say: 'This is not just happening far away from and doesn't matter to me.' | "But it's also important for me to say: 'This is not just happening far away from and doesn't matter to me.' |
| "So, somehow, I feel it's important for me to convey that. And if my presence is what is necessary to convey that, then I'll go." | "So, somehow, I feel it's important for me to convey that. And if my presence is what is necessary to convey that, then I'll go." |
| The Italian courts cannot compel her to return for the retrial but they could request her extradition - at which point it would be up to the US authorities to determine her fate, our correspondent says. | The Italian courts cannot compel her to return for the retrial but they could request her extradition - at which point it would be up to the US authorities to determine her fate, our correspondent says. |
| And speaking in an ABC TV interview, Ms Knox said claims that she was a "she-devil" and "heartless manipulator" were all wrong. | And speaking in an ABC TV interview, Ms Knox said claims that she was a "she-devil" and "heartless manipulator" were all wrong. |
| She added that what happened to her "was surreal but it could've happened to anyone". | She added that what happened to her "was surreal but it could've happened to anyone". |
| In a reference to the Kercher family, Ms Knox said she wanted "them to understand that my need for justice for myself is not in contradiction with theirs". | In a reference to the Kercher family, Ms Knox said she wanted "them to understand that my need for justice for myself is not in contradiction with theirs". |
| And she added that she hoped "that eventually I can have their permission to pay respects at her grave". | And she added that she hoped "that eventually I can have their permission to pay respects at her grave". |
| The interview was timed to coincide with the release of Ms Knox's autobiography, Waiting to Be Heard, for which she was reportedly paid more than $4m (£2.5m), says the BBC's David Willis in Washington. | The interview was timed to coincide with the release of Ms Knox's autobiography, Waiting to Be Heard, for which she was reportedly paid more than $4m (£2.5m), says the BBC's David Willis in Washington. |
| In the book, she maintains that on the night of Meredith Kercher's death she was at Raffaele Sollecito's flat smoking marijuana and watching a movie. | In the book, she maintains that on the night of Meredith Kercher's death she was at Raffaele Sollecito's flat smoking marijuana and watching a movie. |