FLORENCE, Italy More than two years after Amanda Knox returned to the U.S. apparently a free woman, an Italian court Thursday reinstated her murder conviction in the stabbing of her roommate and increased her sentence to 281/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long extradition fight.
Knox, 26, received word in her hometown of Seattle. The former American exchange student said she was “frightened and saddened by the unjust verdict” and blamed “overzealous and intransigent prosecution,” “narrow-minded investigation” and coercive interrogation techniques.
“This has gotten out of hand,” Knox said in a statement. “Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system.” Page 7
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