Lawsuits over libel or slander tend to involve individuals. One person accuses another of harmful lies. A judge or jury decides whether there’s any basis for compensating the alleged victim. A current ...

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

Italy’s high court has upheld the remaining conviction against American Amanda Knox, who was jailed and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox was convicted ...

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Amanda Knox’s notorious legal saga has finally come to an end, nearly 20 years after she was arrested and jailed for the 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, during a study abroad program in ...

Italy's highest court is deciding whether to uphold her 2024 slander conviction for falsely accusing a bar owner of murdering her roommate in 2007 CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI ...

An American who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British housemate, Ms. Knox was found guilty of falsely accusing someone else of the crime. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

ROME — Amanda Knox has launched a fresh appeal against her conviction for slander in connection with a 2007 murder that gripped the world’s attention. Knox, 37, has officially filed an appeal to ...

Sep. 23—Manchester Police have concluded their investigation into a criminal slander complaint brought against a city resident by an alderman over derogatory social-media posts, determining there ...

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