he may implicate amanda knox and her boyfriend.is there some point you give up and then you're better off at sentencing? >> i think all trial attorneys, and i've tried many cases. what you hope is that if you're a defense attorney and i've never been, is that there is one juror who will take some kind of sympathy on her and say, this poor girl didn't speak the language or she was really scared and the police beat her down, which is what she's saying, the police beat her down. everything about this woman suggests that she's anything but an innocent kind of soft, shy, retiring type. and i think the evidence is all there. they will decide this case right before christmas and the italian justice system, you call is whacky, they take the summer off. you're in the middle of a murder trial, we're going to the beach for the summer. >> the bottom line here is that meredith, the victim, was alive when the night began. she was murdered by the next morning and there were only three people in the house. i don't know how amanda knox could be fou

she is the mother of amanda knox. was the last time you had a chance to speak with your daughter? how is she holding up right now? >> i talk to amanda every saturday morning. she is able to make a phone call. we're all cautiously hopeful. >> her state of mind, it's been two years she's been in custody. eight months of this trial. what gets her through this, edda? >> i think the fact there's always family there with her. she's nevealone. she knows she's innocent. and she believes that eventually, that will come out. so, you know, thphone calls and the letters and reading. that's kind of what gets her through. >> i know she has a lot of support. and we've seen you there often with other family members in the courtroom and how she lights up when she sees that you are there. we talked about on this program how different the judicial system is there, in italy, as opposed to here in the u.s. do you believe that ur daughter's getting a fair trial? >> you know, i have to hope that she is. i am really encouraged by the fact tha

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