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U.S. Student Knox Convicted Of Murder In Italy

Dec. 4, 2009
A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison. Her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.
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