Amanda Knox released, returns home

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Amanda Knox released, returns home

American Amanda Knox was convicted in 2009 of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are appealing their convictions.

Amanda Knox embraces a supporter at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport Tuesday as she prepared to leave Italy for the U.S. a free woman. On Monday, an Italian appeals court dramatically overturned the American student's conviction of sexually assaulting and brutally slaying her British roommate.

Amanda Knox (right) arrives from Rome with family members at Heathrow Airport London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. She headed home to the United States a free woman Tuesday, after an Italian appeals court dramatically overturned the American student's conviction of sexually assaulting and brutally slaying her British roommate.

In this image made from amateur video accessed by APTN, Amanda Knox embraces an unidentified person at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.

Amanda Knox breaks down in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox's murder conviction Monday and ordered her freed after nearly four years in prison. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of murder.

The family of Amanda Knox looks on, as her conviction was overturned in Perugia, Italy, Monday, October 3, 2011.

Supporters of Amanda Knox react as they watch a television news broadcast about her appeal verdict from a hotel suite in downtown Seattle.

Raffaele Sollecito reacts following the verdict that overturns his conviction and acquits him of murdering his British roomate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, Monday Oct. 3, 2011.

udge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, left, reads out the the verdict that overturns Amanda Knox's conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roomate Meredith Kercher. Her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Amanda Knox is taken out of court after her conviction was overturned in Perugia, Italy, Monday, October 3, 2011.

Amanda Knox, accompanied by her lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova, arrives for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. A tearful Amanda Knox has told an appeals court in Italy that accusations that she killed her British roommate are unfair and groundless. Knox fought back tears as she addressed the court Monday, minutes before the jury went into deliberations to decide whether to uphold her murder conviction. A verdict is expected later in the day.

Lyle Kercher, brother of slain British student Meredith Kercher, left, and his sister Stephanie face the media in Perugia, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Lyle Kercher told reporters on Tuesday that the family is still trying to understand how a decision that "was so certain two years ago has been so dramatically overturned."

Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, center, leaves a court after hearing the verdict to Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in Perugia, Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Italian appeals court threw out Knox's murder conviction Monday and ordered the young American freed. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Media representatives sit on the steps of a church during a pause in the appeals trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.

Amanda Knox talks with her lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova upon arrival for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court.

Amanda Knox's parents Kurt Knox and Edda Mellas, both at center, are surrounded by photographers as they arrive for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court.

Amanda Knox, center, is escorted as she arrives for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court. The American and Raffaele Sollecito are appealing their 2009 convictions in the death of Meredith Kercher. Kercher was Knox's roommate at the time of the killing.

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Amanda Knox embraces a supporter at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport Tuesday as she prepared to leave Italy for the U.S. a free woman. On Monday, an Italian appeals court dramatically overturned the American student's conviction of sexually assaulting and brutally slaying her British roommate.

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