Amanda Knox appeal successful; to be set free immediately

Amanda Knox appeal of her murder conviction is successful in an Italian court. Raffele Sollecito was also cleared in the Amanda Knox appeal.

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Amanda Knox appeal: Amanda Knox talks with her lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova upon arrival for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3. Late Monday, the court approved of Knox's appeal and set her free.

An Italian appeals court has thrown out Amanda Knox's murder conviction and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate.

Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict was read out Monday. Her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007.

The Kercher family looked on grimly as the verdict was read out by the judge after 11 hours of deliberations by the eight-member jury. Outside the courthouse, some of the hundreds of observers shouted "Shame, shame!"

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