On March 25 , 2013 at the request to the prosecutor, a court of Cassation overturned the acquittal of Knox, ordering her to be tried again for a crime, which an appellate court had found there was absolutely no evidence that she committed.
The president and the public prosecutor of the Court of Cassation also belong to it.
UPDATE, 12 10pm: The Médiapart website has revealed that Jean-Louis Nadal, the public prosecutor of the court of cassation (France's highest court of appeal), has ensured that details of the role played by Christine Lagarde in the Tapie dossier be made public.
The quashing of his seven-year jail term and a lifetime ban from public office triggered a counter-appeal by prosecutors to the court of cassation.
The hearing at the Court of Cassation, which started yesterday, took place after appeals prosecutor Romolo Como asked that the convictions be reinstated.
Their retrial came after prosecutors turned to the Supreme Court of Cassation, which cited inconsistencies in the Appeal Court's reasoning.
Prosecutors successfully argued in the Court of Cassation that the 2011 appeal hearing for Ms Knox and Mr Sollecito had disregarded important DNA evidence.
Giuliano Mignini, the prosecutor who led the investigation, said he was confident the court of cassation, Italy's highest appeals tribunal, would deliver justice.
But prosecutors rejected the verdict and turned to Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation, which ordered the latest retrial.
Knox has returned to Seattle since her release, while prosecutors have said they plan to appeal against her acquittal in Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation.
