The trial that stemmed from the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher has become one of the most controversial, albeit bizarre, trials in recent history. And this March, almost eight years after Kercher's body was found, Amanda Knox will be facing the biggest legal battle of her life"”for the third time.

Knox, who was also an exchange student at the University of Perugia in Italy sharing a flat with Kercher, has been convicted of murder twice in two separate trials by Italian courts.

Knox will be fighting for her freedom along with co-defendants Rafaelle Sollecito (her Italian ex-boyfriend), and Rudy Guede, originally from Ivory Coast. All three were previously convicted in the two prior trials.

Kercher was found dead with a slit throat back in 2007 in the apartment she shared with Knox.

Since then, a series of bizarre events have found Knox and Sollecito being convicted, having an Italian appeals court overturn the conviction, before a higher Italian court convicted the two again in January of last year.

Guede, for his part, was sentenced to 30 years back in October 2008, which was eventually reduced to 16 years following an appeal.

Knox and Sollecito were sentenced to 26 and 25 years, respectively back in December 2009, but in October 2011, the two were released from jail following an overturning of the convictions by the appeals court. Knox flew back home to Seattle, Washington after that, and has stated no intention of returning to Italy.

With another trial looming, supporters of Knox have circulated a petition in an effort to finally clear her name of the murder, as originally reported by Ground Report.

Among some of the other controversial issues surrounding the case was the reported hiring of the Knox family of a PR firm to aid the defendant's public image.

HuffPost blogger Selene Nelson points to this move as the main reason why there is a huge difference in media coverage in the United States as compared to Europe.