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Lawyer Calls Knox a 'She-Devil'

CLOSING ARGUMENT

And a "spell-casting witch."

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Italian lawyers called Amanda Knox a "she-devil" at an appeals court Monday. Attorney Carlo Pacelli said Knox is "both a [saint] and a demonic, satanic, diabolical she-devil, which leads her toward borderline behavior." He also said that at the time of the murder, Knox was "an explosive mix of drugs, sex, and alcohol. She is a spell-casting witch, a virtuoso of deceit." As they made closing arguments, prosecutors also showed pictures of Meredith Kercher's bloodied body and described her as a "beautiful girl in the prime of her life."

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