AMANDA KNOX VERDICT GUILTY OF MURDER

Seattle sex kitten Amanda Knox has been found guilty of the 1997 murder of Merideth Kercher. The 8 person Italian Jury just announced the Guilty verdict in a midnight court room session.

The parents of Amanda Knox were at the courthouse with their daughter and had prepared two statements for the press. Hoping for an aquital, Amanda Knox's parents were preparing for a 30 minute press conference at a local hotel. Unfortunately, Amanda Knox will not be going home for Christmas as she may very well be facing life in an Italian Prison.

After the Amanda Knox verdict announcement, several questions still remain. How long will Amanda Knox remain in prison? Will Amanda Knox serve her prison sentence in the United States or Italy? This will all be answered when the judge in the case rules on sentencing in the Amanda Knox Murder trial.

Of course Amanda Knox still has the ability to appeal her murder conviction and is expected to do so. Failing the appeal, Amanda Knox may very well face life in an Italian Prison.

Case details:

Amanda Knox and her ex boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were both found guilty in the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.

The defence for Amanda Knox argued investigators only found one piece of DNA evidence on the scene, a cigarette butt containing Raffaele's DNA. In addition, the defence for Amanda Knox argued the amount of DNA in support of a murder conviction against Amanda Knox was so small it could not even be re-tested for accuracy.

Regardless of their objections, the jury decided against Amanda Knox in this international headline grabbing case.

VIDEO OF AMANDA KNOX VERDICT

A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday.

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.

As soon as the judge read the verdict in the Amanda Knox murder trial, Amanda Knox began weeping and murmured, "No, no," then hugged one of her lawyers.

Minutes later, the 22-year-old Seattle resident Amanda Knox and the 25-year-old Sollecito, were put in police vans and driven back to jail with sirens blaring.

Prosecutors in the Amanda Knox murder trial had sought life imprisonment, Italy's stiffest sentence. Courts often give less severe punishment than what prosecutors demand.

Amanda Knox's father, Curt Knox, asked if he would fight Amanda Knox's conviction, replied, with tears in his eyes: "Hell, yes."

"This is just wrong," her stepmother, Cassandra Knox, said, turning around immediately after hearing the verdict. Amanda Knox's family had insisted Amanda was innocent and a victim of character assassination.