Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of killing her British flatmate in Italy in 2007, looks on during a trial session in PerugiaBy using Naomi O'Leary FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found responsible for the 2d time on Thursday of the 2007 homicide of Briton Meredith Kercher, in a retrial that reversed an previous attraction judgment. The decision, after 12 hours of deliberations, confirmed Knox and Sollecito's original 2009 conviction. Knox's sentence was elevated to twenty-eight years and 6 months and Sollecito was once sentenced to 25 years. We are still in shock," stated Stephanie Kercher, Meredith's sister, after the ruling was learn.