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GUILTY: Italian court overturns not guilty verdict of Amanda Knox in murder of Meredith Kercher

An appeals court in Florence on Thursday upheld the guilty verdict against U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend for the 2007 murder of her British roommate. Knox was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long legal battle over her extradition if the conviction is upheld.

Lawyers for Knox and her co-defendant Raphael Sollecito vowed to appeal to Italy’s highest court, a process that will take at least another year, dragging out a legal saga that has divided court-watchers in three nations.

In a statement from Seattle, where she had awaited the verdict, Knox said she was “frightened and saddened” by the decision, which she said was unjust and the result of an overzealous prosecution and narrow-minded investigation.

“This has gotten out of hand,” she said. “Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system.”

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