Amanda Knox retrial

An Italian appeals court convicted former exchange student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito on murder charges Thursday night. Prosecutors said the couple had killed Meredith Kercher in November 2007. They were convicted two years later of murder, but those charges were overturned on appeal in 2011 and Knox was allowed to leave prison and return home to America. A judge said Thursday that Knox, also convicted of slander, was sentenced once again to 28 1/2 years in prison. Sollecito's sentence was 25 years. "I am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict," Knox said in written remarks. "Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system. The evidence and accusatory theory do not justify a verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. ...There has always been a marked lack of evidence."Presiding Judge Alessandro Nencini has 90 days to write his arguments behind the jury's ruling. Once that is out, lawyers have 90 days to appeal. Knox's attorney, Ted Simon, said there will certainly be an appeal and cautioned that extradition shouldn't yet be a part of the conversation surrounding the case. Legal analysts debated whether the U.S. would send Knox back to Italy if Rome requests extradition. It is unlikely that Knox will return to Italy to serve additional prison time because U.S. law dictates that a person cannot be tried twice on the same charge, according to one legal expert.

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