U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have had their sentences in the murder case of British student Meredith Kercher upheld by an Italian court. Knox, who is currently living in the United States, had her sentence increased to 28 years and six months. Sollecito, who returned to Italy during the trial, was sentenced to 25 years. Why were Knox and Sollecito back on trial? In 2009, they were convicted of killing Kercher, 21, who was found stabbed in November 2007 in the villa that she and Knox rented in the central Italian university town of Perugia.
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Knox and Raffaele Sollecito resentenced in the Meredith Kercher murder case
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Kercher was found stabbed in 2007 in a villa she rented with Knox in Perugia, Italy
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Knox and Sollecito's 2009 murder convictions were overturned on appeal in 2011
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Legal expert tells CNN that it is unlikely the U.S. would allow Knox to be extradited to Italy
I did not kill Meredith," Knox said a lengthy e-mail, written in @placeholder, which was presented to the court by her lawyer.