PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are charged with murder and sexual violence in the 2007 slaying of Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia. They deny wrongdoing.
In her closing remarks Saturday, prosecutor Manuela Comodi said evidence presented during the trial had shown that the defendants' cell phones were switched off the night of the crime, making their whereabouts impossible to trace.
