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Life Requested for US Suspect in Italy Murder Case
Prosecutors request life in prison for American suspect at Italy murder trial
By MARTA FALCONI Associated Press Writer
PERUGIA, Italy November 21, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press
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U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, left, is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives...
U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, left, is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives at Perugia's court, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Prosecutors are set to make their sentencing requests for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a British woman in Italy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (AP)
Prosecutors requested life sentences Saturday for an American student and her former Italian boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.
Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini asked a jury in Perugia to convict Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito on charges of murder and sexual violence for their alleged role in the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing.
Knox, who is from Seattle, took a deep breath when Mignini made his request. Life in prison is Italy's stiffest punishment.
She then addressed the court, saying that the accusations against her were "pure fantasy."
"Meredith was my friend, I didn't hate her," she said in Italian, fighting back tears.
Mignini argued that Knox, Sollecito and a third man who was convicted in a separate trial killed Kercher during a drug-induced sex game.
The Briton's body was found on the morning of Nov. 2, 2007, in the apartment she shared with Knox.
A verdict is expected in early December.
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