jjj75, where did you read that she confessed to the crime? From what I understand she signed something saying she saw another man enter Ketcher's room.  She never confessed to the murder.   Also, there was no proof that the footprints belonged to Knox only that they MIGHT be Knox's.   The only thing that had Knox's DNA on it, was a knife found at her boyfriends apartment that was deemed to be incompatibale with the murder weapon. 

I know wiki is hardly a bastion of truth but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox