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Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 8:05 AM

Updated Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:05 AM

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PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — Prosecutors have requested a life sentence for an American student and her former Italian boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini on Saturday asked a jury in Perugia to convict Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito on charges of murder and sexual violence for their alleged role in the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing.

Knox took a deep breath when Mignini made his request. Life in prison is Italy's stiffest punishment.

Mignini argued that Knox, Sollecito and a third man who was convicted in a separate trial killed Kercher during a drug-induced sex game.

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