An Italian court found American Amanda Knox guilty of slander on Wednesday and handed her a three-year jail sentence in a case related to the murder in 2007 of her British flatmate.
<p>FLORENCE, Italy  — An Italian court found American Amanda Knox guilty of slander on Wednesday and handed her a three-year jail sentence in a case related to the murder in 2007 of&#
</p><p>&quot;Amanda feels very bitter,&quot; her lawyer Luca Luparia Donati said in an initial response, adding that she planned to appeal.
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