lucciano ghirga reminding the jury it's beyond a reasonable doubt. they're asking for complete freedom for amanda. at that point raffaele sollecito rose to plead his innocence. i just want you to listen in to part of what amanda knox said just moments ago. have a listen to this. >> >> translator: i am the same person i was four years ago. exactly the same person. the only thing that separates me now from four years ago is my suffering. in four years i've lost my friends in the most terrible and unexplainable way. my trust and authorities and the police has been damaged. i had to face charges that were totally unfair without any basis. and i'm paying with my life for something that i haven't done. >> reporter: amanda knox speaking earlier. i'm outside the court here in perugia, the medieval city where amanda knox and raffaele sollecito are hoping they will get a quashed conviction of murder back in 2007 of meredith kercher. i want to stand away from the camera for a moment to give you a sense of what's happening outside the courtroom. it looks like th

we'd also like to send our appreciation to our italian lawyers carlo, luciano ghirga and maria del grossoantastic job on that side of the pond and ted was phenomenal on this side of the pond. and obviously, we couldn't have done it without you. so appreciate that. you want to talk? yeah, etta and i will take any questions if anybody has any. oh, there's a couple hands over there. how are you going to hear it? can't hear it. okay. all right. you want to talk? >> welcome home, amanda! >> they're reminding me to speak in english because i'm having problems with that. i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. what's important for me to say is just thank you to everyone who's believed in me, who's defended me, who has supported my family. i just want my family's the most important thing to me right now. i just want to go be with them. so thank you for being there for me. >> that is going to end it today. thank you for coming. as you can imagine, the family's been under a great deal of stress, emotional and otherwise. it's