Italy's highest court is hearing an appeal by Amanda Knox against a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate.

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld the slander conviction of American defendant Amanda Knox in a case related to the sensationalized 2007 murder of her British roommate. Knox was convicted of slandering her former boss,

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld a slander conviction for Amanda Knox linked to the 2007 murder for which she was jailed and then sensationally acquitted. During