Italian MP's call for a probe into the Amanda Knox prosecution. At last.

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/mps-amanda-knox-treated-unfairly-16004650.html

Some Italian MPs are seeking a probe into the prosecutors' office in Perugia, which brought the charges which led to American student Amanda Knox being convicted of murdering her British room-mate Meredith Kercher. . . .

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Both the petition and the letter cast doubt on the prosecution's case, alleging that an appeals trial currently under way has undermined the reliability of evidence originally collected against the former student. They also maintain that Knox, 23, should not have been kept behind bars since her arrest.

"These distortions, not without reason, are fuelling accusations against the administration of justice in our country," Mr Girlanda said in the letter to the president.

The petition to Justice Minister Angelino Alfano was signed by 11 MPs, all members of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's coalition. It asks Mr Alfano to consider sending inspectors to judicial offices in Perugia - a move that is considered very serious in Italy and is typically read as a sign of discontent from Rome.

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"Who will compensate two 20 year olds - in the hoped-for case that the appellate trial recognises their innocence - of the four years of life and freedom that they have been unjustly deprived of, and which no economic compensation could ever reimburse?" said Mr Girlanda. "The so-called evidence and testimonies of the prosecution have proved to be at best considered contradictory and unreliable."

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