The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Italy to pay more than $20,000 in damages to Amanda Knox.
The former student was convicted for the 2007 murder of her British house mate, Meredith Kercher but then acquitted years later on appeal and released.
The ECHR ruled Thursday that Knox’s rights were violated in the hours after she was arrested.
The court specifically faulted Italian authorities for failing to initially provide Knox with a lawyer and an appropriate interpreter.
Since her release, Knox has been fighting a three-year sentence for blaming someone for the murder who was later found to have an alibi.
She welcomed Thursday’s ruling, writing in a statement in part "today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that my slander conviction was unjust."
