In other words, the $20,000 damages are for police failures to provide Knox with access to a lawyer and a translator, The Guardian reported Thursday.
Italy must pay American Amanda Knox $20,000 in financial damages, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
The court based in Strasbourg, France, ruled that Italy must pay for police failure to provide legal assistance and an independent interpreter during a long night of questioning following the November 1,2007 murder of Knox’s British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
In other words, the $20,000 damages are for police failures to provide Knox with access to a lawyer and a translator, The Guardian reported Thursday.
Knox posted on her blog Thursday: “I remain forever grateful to everyone around the world who has believed in me, defended me, and spoken out on my behalf throughout the years. I couldn’t have survived this without your support.”
Knox and Kercher lived in an Italian apartment while attending college when Kercher was murdered.
In March 2015, Knox was finally acquitted of Kercher’s murder by Italy’s highest court after seven-plus years of legal battles and various rulings. Her convictions for murder and sexual assault were previously overturned.
“Ms. Knox had been particularly vulnerable, being a foreign young woman, 20 at the time, not having been in Italy for very long and not being fluent in Italian,” the court noted.
