The Many Faces of Amanda

Now that charges are filed, Paolo Micheli, the judge for preliminary investigations in Perugia, will set the date of the first hearing. He will then have three months to order the criminal trial, which could take a year or more. Authorities in Perugia say that a preliminary hearing will likely be held in late September and a criminal trial could begin as early as October. Much of the crime scene has been compromised, but the defense still has a tough job ahead. To complicate things further, Sollecito and Knox's reported break up prompted speculation that they would testify against each other. But Sollecito's flowers may be a signal that their defense teams may actually work together to pin the blame on Guede. If that strategy succeeds, the cipher of Amanda Knox may never truly be decoded.

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