Perugia, Italy (CNN) — Former American student Amanda Knox gave an emotional plea Saturday while appealing her conviction in the murder of her British roommate in Italy.
Knox spoke for about 15 minutes and broke down in tears. She said that she and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are innocent and unjustly accused.
“I’ve been condemned for the crime I did not commit,” Knox said.
Knox also added that court has made “a huge mistake.”
“I don’t know how to face the time ahead,” she said.
Knox was sentenced last year to 26 years in prison for the killing of Meredith Kercher at the villa they shared in Perugia, the central Italian town where both were students.
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