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New 28-Year Sentence  Ida Astute/ABC News(FLORENCE, Italy) --
Amanda Knox was found guilty of murder Thursday by an Italian
court, the latest twist in a murder case that goes back to 2007.
They were found guilty of the 2007 murder of her former roommate
Meredith Kercher in a cottage they shared in Perugia, Italy.
"My family and I have suffered greatly from this wrongful
persecution," she added.  Knox said in her statement that the
tough verdict "is no consolation for the Kercher family" and
said, "This has gotten out of hand."   The prison sentence was
even stiffer than her first sentence in 2009 when she was given
a 24 year prison term.  The current prosecutor had asked for a
26 year prison term for the murder for Knox and Sollecito, plus
another four years for Knox on a related libel conviction.
Knox, who was in the U.S., could not be re-arrested. Authorities
said Sollecito also wo