Verdict In Italy

The family of Meredith Kercher met with journalists during a press conference in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. The family of the slain British woman said Saturday they were pleased with the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox but said there was no sense of celebration.

Stephanie Kercher, sister, right, and Arline Kercher, mother of slain British student Meredith Kercher, walk outside an hotel at the end of a press conference in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. A jury in Italy convicted Amanda Knox of murdering Kercher, her British roommate, and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday. Raffaele Sollecito was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.

Amanda Knox's mother Edda Mellas reacts as she answers journalists questions after visiting her daughter in the jail in the outskirts of Perugia, Italy, were Amanda is detained, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.

Amanda Knox's mother Edda Mellas, third right, flanked by Amanda's sisters and by Amanda's father, Curt, second right, answer questions after visiting their daughter in a jail in the outskirts of Perugia, Italy, were Amanda is detained, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. A jury in Italy convicted Amanda of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday.

Curt Knox, father of American college student Amanda walks next to his daughter, Ashley, shortly after an Italian jury convicted his daughter, Amanda, of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison, Perugia, Italy, early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.

American college student Amanda Knox's lawyer Luciano Ghirga leaves the court in Perugia, Italy, early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. A jury in Italy convicted Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday. Her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.

Italian student Raffaele Sollecito is seen inside the penitentiary police officer van as he arrives at the court in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday. Her Italian ex-boyfriend Sollecito was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.

From left to right, Janet Huff, Mick Huff, the aunt and uncle of Amanda Knox, friend Alexandra McDougall and grandmother Elisabeth Huff react to the news of a Knox's guilty verdict at the home of Mick and Janet Huff in Seattle Friday Dec. 4, 2009.

Amanda Knox, right, is led to a vehicle after the guilty verdicts in the trial in Perugia, Italy on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, against American college student Amanda Knox and her one-time Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. A jury convicted Knox of murder with a sentence of 26 years in prison while Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years.

Raffaele Sollecito, right, is led to a vehicle after the guilty verdicts in the trial in Perugia, Italy on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, against American college student Amanda Knox and her one-time Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. A jury convicted Knox of murder with a sentence of 26 years in prison while Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years.

Court President Judge Giancarlo Massei reads the guilty verdicts in the trial in Perugia, Italy on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, against American college student Amanda Knox and her one-time Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. A jury convicted Knox of murder with a sentence of 26 years in prison while Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years.