Amanda Knox arrives for first interview following retrial conviction
Reuters
2014-01-31
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U.S. student Amanda Knox arrives in New York City for an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" after an Italian court convicted her Thursday for the 2007 murder of her British roommate, reversing an earlier appeal judgment.
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Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty for the second time of Briton Meredith Kercher's murder.
The verdict, after 12 hours of deliberations, confirmed Knox and Sollecito's original 2009 conviction. Knox's sentence was increased to 28 years and six months and Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years. Knox did not attend the retrial, however, having gone home to the United States after the previous appeal.
"I am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system," Knox said in a statement.
Sollecito's lawyer Giulia Bongiorno confirmed that her client would appeal to
U.S. student Amanda Knox arrives in New York City for an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" after an Italian court convicted her Thursday for the 2007 murder of her British roommate, reversing an earlier appeal judgment.
system.scripts.
Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty for the second time of Briton Meredith Kercher's murder.
The verdict, after 12 hours of deliberations, confirmed Knox and Sollecito's original 2009 conviction. Knox's sentence was increased to 28 years and six months and Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years. Knox did not attend the retrial, however, having gone home to the United States after the previous appeal.
"I am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system," Knox said in a statement.
Sollecito's lawyer Giulia Bongiorno confirmed that her client would appeal to
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