victed of murder and Court supported he Raffaele Sollecito Denied sexual assault. He was had been wrongly Compensation For Wrong- sentenced to 30 years in imprisoned. Howev- prison. His conviction er, the court ruled ful Imprisonment In Mer- was affirmed on appeal, that Sollecito wasn’t edith Kercher's Murder but his sentence was re- entitled to compen- duced to 16 years be- sation because his cause he expressed conduct contributed affaele Sollecito has been denied Raffaele Sollecito in Rcompensation for his wrongful impris- 2015 remorse for Kercher’s to his conviction. onment in the murder of Meredith Kercher murder. The court stated that Sollecito made on November 2, 2007 in , . On Amanda Knox during her February 11, 2017 the a court in In December 2009 Sollecito and Knox were “contradictory or trial in 2009 ruled that Sollecito was not entitled to com- both convicted of murder. Sollecito was even frankly untrue” pensation. sentenced to 25 years in prison and Knox to statements when Kercher’s murder was being 26 years. They were also ordered to pay investigated, which constituted “intent or Sollecito was the boyfriend of 20-year-old total restitution of 5 million euros ($7.4 gross negligence” on his part. American college student Amanda Knox million) to Kercher’s family. when they were arrested for Kercher’s mur- Sollecito’s lawyer, , was der. Extensive publicity about the case made disappointed that the court’s ruling failed to Knox — who the media dubbed “Foxy consider his conflicting statements to the No credible uncontested evidence was Knoxy” — one of the most recognized peo- police were given under duress. She said found at the crime scene linking either Sol- ple in the world. Almost two dozen books that error will be the basis of an appeal to lecito or Knox to Kercher’s murder in her were written about Kercher’s murder. the . bedroom of the house she shared with Knox and two other women. Their prosecution Sollecito and Knox spent 47 months in cus- If the rationale for denying Sollecito com- was largely based on incriminating admis- tody before their acquittals by an appellate pensation holds up on appeal, then Knox’s sions that Knox made when questioned by court and their release from prison on Octo- pretrial police statements will prevent her the police, which she recanted as coerced. ber 3, 2011. Knox immediately left Italy for from successfully seeking compensation. Sollecito made inconsistent statements to her home in , Washington. the police that he also claimed were coerced. Previous Justice Denied articles about the On March 26, 2013 Italy’s Supreme Court case of Sollecito and Knox are: In contrast to the lack of direct, eyewitness, reversed the acquittal of Sollecito and or forensic evidence implicating Sollecito Knox, and ordered their retrial. Amanda Knox And Raffaele Sollecito or Knox, forensic testing of evidence recov- Acquitted Of Murder And Sexual As- ered from Kercher’s room identified the Sollecito and Knox were again convicted on sault By Appeals Court, By Hans Sherrer, DNA and fingerprints of 20-year-old Rudy January 30, 2014. Sollecito was sentenced Justice Denied, October 4, 2011. Guede. In October 2008 Guede was con- to 28-1/2 years in prison, and Knox to 25 years. Knox refused to voluntarily return to Amanda Knox Owes Her Freedom To Italy to resume serving her sentence. Sol- Italy’s Legal System, By Hans Sherrer, Greene cont. from page 14 lecito was arrested near Italy’s border with Justice Denied, Jan. 31, 2012 Austria. Hence, the trial court erred in denying * The exchange rate was 1.085841 Euro per defendant’s motion for a judgment of On March 27, 2015 Italy’s Supreme Court U.S. dollar on January 1, 2016. acquittal.” acquitted Sollecito and Knox, and ordered the case closed. Although it didn’t apply to Greene, the Visit the Innocents Database Court’s ruling noted that a person can be In January 2016 Sollecito filed a claim for Includes details about more than charged with DUII when operating a wheel- compensation from the Italian government. 8,500 wrongly convicted people from chair in a bike lane, because Oregon law He sought the maximum he could be the U.S. and other countries. specifically authorizes the prosecution of a awarded, which was €516,000 drunken bike rider. (US$560,293*). www.forejustice.org/search_idb.htm

Click here to read State of Oregon v. Sollecito stated during a BBC interview 2016 Innocents James Richard Greene, 283 Or App 120 that he and his family needed the compensa- (Ore. Ct. of Appeals, 12-29-2016). tion to “clear up my debts” of about Database Exoneration Report €400,000 (US$434,000) incurred as a result Read on Justice Denied’s website at, Greene’s $1,500 fine will be reimbursed, of his prosecution. however he has completed his three year www.justicedenied.org driving prohibition. On January 27, 2017 a hearing was held on Or purchase from from Amazon.com. Sollecito’s claim. Source: In Amazon.com’s Search box enter: State of Oregon v. James Richard Greene, 283 Or. App. 120 (Ore. Ct. of Appeals, 12-29-2016) On February 11, 2017 a court in Florence 2016 Innocents Database Man in motorized wheelchair gets DUII conviction denied Sollecito’s claim. The court acknowl- Click on the book cover to go to thrown out, The Oregonian, December 29, 2016 edged Sollecito’s acquittal by the Supreme the book’s page.

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