Though no new evidence or arguments can be entered during her final appeals trial in the Spring, Amanda Knox may still be able to count on some of her supporters to try and see if her presumed innocence will prevail.

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Knox, who was convicted of murdering her former roommate Meredith Kercher for a second time earlier this year, may have earned a big celebrity supporter just months ahead of her final appeal going before an Italian court-Virgin Group founder and English businessman Richard Branson.

Branson took to his Twitter account Dec. 18 to make a case for Knox receiving what he calls a fair trial, and linked to the website injusticeinperugia.org, which has aimed to prove that Knox was a victim of the Italian justice system, and has been twice-convicted of a murder she didn't commit.

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"Questions need answering in Amanda Knox case, everyone deserves fair treatment & a fair trial injusticeinperugia.org #readbyrichard," he tweeted.

The tweet did unleash a flurry of responses from both those who also supported Knox, as well as those who have long been convinced that she and ex-boyfriend Raffale Sollecito are guilty of the horrific 2007 murder in the Perugia, Italy flat Kercher and Knox were sharing with two other girls. Some of the tweets in support of Knox read:

Of course, those who believed she was guilty chimed in as well:

The case has divided many over the past seven years, as views have alternated between Knox being considered guilty of the murder, and being seen as an innocent victim herself trapped in a corrupt Italian justice system.

Knox and Sollecito's final appeals case will be heard in March 2015. If the convictions are upheld, Sollecito, who remains in Italy, will immediately begin serving his 25 year sentence. Knox, who resides in the U.S., may be extradited to Italy to serve her own time.

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