before amanda, we heard from raffaele sollecito. he describes the night of the murder as a happy one, an idyllic one. he wasn't there at the house that night. he was about to send in his thesis. he just met amanda, a beautiful sunny girl. her employer had given her the time off so we could go away and spend the weekend together. in what was a highly charged speech bim him, he said he'd been wearing a bracelet for the last four years that said "free amanda and raffaele." he said he wanted to take it off. he said i think the time now has come to take it off. he -- almost nervously, his voice almost fading to inawe built. he said i hope this is part of history and that amanda and i have a future. you heard the employees of innocence from raffaele sollecito and amanda knox who was a student here in perugia in 2007 when her flat mate meredith kercher was murdered in her house. she was convicted along with her former boyfriend in 2007. today is their last day for the appeal. the head of the international bar association, we met in london.

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also acquitted her co-defendants raffaele sollecito. i spoke to his father last week. he said that if he were acquitted, he would want to simply go home to the south of italy. there were angry scenes outside of the court where a hostile crowd had gathered shouting shame and murderers. they supported the original convictions. >> amanda knox was freed after spending nearly four years in jail. she had been supported by friends and campaigners. i asked him how he felt after the verdict was announced. >> this has spent a long, terrible ordeal for everyone involved. especially for the three families. i am hopeful that at long last the healing can begin. >> it is difficult for the healing to begin given the fact that there are questions looming over this case. you have done your own research independently into the situation. do you believe we will ever understand what happened on that night when meredith kercher was murdered? >> i think we understand very well what happened. it was a solo perpetrator of the crime itself. he broke in. he had been breaking into one place after

which i think we deserve. >> raffaele sollecito speaking in court a few moments ago. let's speak to our correspondent who's there for us. the prosecutors have basically tried to keep this couple behind bars, saying this was a gruesome finale to the extreme sex game that was forced on meredith kercher. these two have offered up very emotional defenses, haven't they? >> they were very emotional appeals. we heard the judges and jury, these two were really speaking for their lives, really, speaking for their freedom, because they have already been in prison for four years, and they've really been at the mercy of the italian legal system, which has dragged on very slowly indeed. they were in prison for about a year before the first trial, their murder trials. that took about a year. then it was another year before the appeals started, though these appeals have been going on for some nine months. so, it has taken a long time to get to this point. of course, they've both been here before. they've both faced judgment day here at the court in perugia before. now, once they had

amanda knox and raffaele sollecito were acquitted of the murder. they spent 1400 days in prison, nearly four years. they were arrested four days after the murder on the first of november 2007. they are now free. we are expecting that after being discharged from prison, amanda knox will be free to leave the country. we understand that she and her family will be on a commercial flight. there have been suggestions that a dead is on standby. -- jet is on standby. this media campaign behind amanda knox was released led by her parents, her father and her mother. but do you make of that? -- what do you make of that? it has been quite impressive at times, but it could backfire. >> in the first row, it did backfire. -- in the first trial, it did back -- it did backfire. in this case, it has been such a huge campaign. the words of her father this morning talking about a huge pr campaign. it was referred to several times .y all sides -- i think it did have -- it has given the huge support over in the american press. that has trickled down into the italian pre

raffaele sollecito. remember, that those two spent no less than four years behind bars after being convicted for meredith kercher's murder back in 2009. now, we heard a heartfelt statement from lyle kercher, meredith kercher's brother. he expressed inkcredulity of ho a court could do this. we also heard from arline kercher, meredith kercher's mother. she said what happened to my daughter is every parent's nightmare. nobody is untouched by this. and stephanie kercher, meredith kercher's sister expressed shock at yesterday's decision. stay with cnn. we'll be right back. where there's magic. and you now understand what nature's been hiding. ♪ at dow we understand the difference between innovation and invention. invention is important. it's the beginning. it's the spark. but innovation is where we actually create value for dow, for society, and for the world. ♪ at dow, we're constantly searching for how to use our fundamental knowledge of chemistry to solve these difficult problems. science is definitive. th

also for amanda knox and raffaele sollecito, we expect to see the prison vans leave here shortly.them has to compose themselves. when amanda knox walked in the courtroom, both you and i, we gasped, because she looked absolutely terrified. >> i've never seen anything like that. >> she was weak, she was trembling, trying to compose herself. and as the verdict was read and you speak fluent italian, i was a few steps behind you, but we could see she quickly collapsed into the arms of her attorneys. >> but i've never seen anything like this in italy before. ever. >> reporter: you'll note that the courthouse is just that brown door. if it wasn't for these crowds, you could walk right past it and

on december 5, 2009, knox and raffaele sollecito were convicted of killing and sexually assaulting meredithercher. knox got 26 years in prison. sollecito slightly less. november 2010, knox and sollecito begin the long road to appeal, all the while remaining in jail and defiant. drew griffin, cnn. >> let's go live now to perugia to becky anderson, just outside the courtroom. becky, how much longer do they have to wait? when will this decision be read? >> reporter: something like ten minutes from now. we were expecting it just about now. we were told just about 30 minutes ago it would be some 15 minutes delayed. it will have to come soon. the decision on this appeal, everybody is now in the room as you rightly said, the prosecutors were the last to file in. it's been a constant stream of people going into the courthouse. let me just show you where that is, right here, right behind me. there's been a constant stream of people going in over the last half hour or so. the kercher family were the last to arrive before the prosecutors, the two prosecutors. i called out to lyle kercher, meredith's b

raffaele sollecito who's also italian was also convicted of this murder in the first trial. think shouting anti-americanism doesn't make sense on a lot of different levels. i think amanda knox was very much out of context, though, here in italy. i think that when the investigators first talked to her, when she was first noticed mingling around the crime scene, i think they had their eye on her then. i don't think it was because she was meamerican. i think it was because she was different and acting in a way they felt inappropriate after something as disastrous as her roommate being murdered. >> jeff toobin, for an american who might follow court cases in this country and not just spend a lot of time on this one, let's go through a couple of issues. in an appeal in the italian system you can bring new evidence into lay. you can't do that in a traditional american appeal, can you? >> no. you have what's called the record. which is the evidence that was brought to the trial. and except in extremely unusual circumstances, that's it. that's what you're arguing about in appeal. th

the dna comes back and they still include raffaele sollecito and amanda knox even though none of that forensic evidence was there. to prove they were at the crime scene. >> why do people give confessions that are false to police? we hear this time and time again. people always ask that question. i would never confess to the police. how does that happen? >> until you're under the gun, until you're a -- especially look at her, for example. a young girl in a foreign country who feels very alone and very frightened. and perhaps is being -- on some level, whether it's implicit or explicit, is being assured that if she does admit some culpability, it will be better for her if she dels the truth right now, there's that promise and threat if you don't tell the truth, as they see it, it will get much worse for her. picture her alone in that situation. >> happens all the time. >> even to people who under normal circumstances would be no, there's no way i would ever do that. >> keep in mind that she's 20 years old. she's only been in italian for two months and her italian is shaky at best. and s

first to speak was her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito. he was very emotional. that point to the judge and jury, he wanted to say lot more, but he couldn't. and amanda knox stood up to address the jury in that court. this must have been the biggest moment in her life. to insist that she was not guilty of killing meredith kercher. she was very upset indeed. the judge said at one point she could sit down. but she didn't. she kept on standing. she managed to compose herself and say ha she wanted to say. her parents told us earlier that she had been months working on the contents of that address to the judge and the jury and as you just heard, she insisted that she did not kill meredith kercher. she insisted she was innocent. she spoke with meredith kercher as someone who was a friend who she lost. she also spoke about the police here in perugia. said that she went to them out of duty, initially on november 1st, 2007, after november 1st, 2007, when the murder took place. and she felt she had been betrayed by them. she felt essentially she had not been given a fair h

her former boyfriend, a raffaele sollecito, was also afraid to return home to southern italy. amanda knox was driven out of prison late last night into a world of the exclusive interviews and book deals. she got vip treatment as she changed planes at heathrow airport. she has become a celebrity in america and can expect to get rich from her ordeal. >> the where the bears, at least on wall street. today, one of them made -- one of america's major share indexes was off 20% from its april peak. it's the kind of fall usually associated with a bear market. if that was not depressing enough, european markets were down also. ben bernanke told congress today that the two are almost definitely linked. >> i believe one of the reasons are recovery has been slower this year than last year is that we have faced a lot of financial volatility. some of that is coming from the european situation. >> as economists search for the causes of that volatility, the effects are being seen on the streets, with protests in many of the world's major cities. for more on the rising tide of economic discont

raffaele sollecito said he had been living in a nightmare, in slow, measured tones.he declared he had nothing to do with the murder of knox's roommate, meredith kercher. he described his former girlfriend, knox, as sweet, beautiful, and shining. in a highly symbolic move, sollecito showed a bracelet he wears inscribed with the words "free amanda and raffaele. now is the moment to take it off" he said. both defendants denied knowing rudy guede, convicted in the murder and sex out assault of meredith kimpber. guede claimed he didn't kill kercher but his dna was discovered at the crime scene, mixed with the blood of the victim. today in a final plea from knox's defense lawyer, he repeated that there is no evidence his client had anything to do with the crime. it was an emotional and dramatic conclusion to a criminal prosecution that has spanned almost four years. the crowds are already gathering outside the courtroom here, even though the judge did announce he wouldn't be back before 8:00 tonight with a verdict, and lester, as we know, that's about seven hours from now

. >> reporter: after knox and her former italian boyfriend raffaele sollecito addressed the court, the jury and judges will deliberate together. a quick verdict is expected. >> probably sometime in the afternoon, early evening, they will all come back in. we all stand there, they stand, and they read their verdict. >> reporter: knox and sollecito were convicted in 2009 of the murder of their roommate meredith kercher in a house they shared in perugia. but during their trial, the dna evidence used to convict them was thrown out after a scientific panel ruled it was unreliable. >> well, she's totally innocent. both her and raffaele had nothing to do with this horrific crime. you look at the use of just circumstantial evidence, there is no case. >> reporter: if found not guilty, the family plans to get amanda knox out of italy as quickly as possible. she could be back home in seattle by late tuesday, or wednesday. peter van zandt, cbs news, perugia, italy. >> earlier this morning i had a chance to talk to cbs solina in perugia and said how easy it is that knox is addressing the court in f

. >> amanda knox, and raffaele sollecito, is immediately released. >> reporter: it has been an agonizing wait. when knox heard the decision, she was overcome with emotion. her family expressed jubilation, elated to be taking amanda home. >> we're thankful amanda's nightmare is over. >> reporter: back in seattle, friends and family shared that sentiment. before in a moment, knox made an emotional plea to the courtroom, often pausing to calm herself. i lost a friend in the most inexplicable way possible. she says, i am paying with my life for things i didn' do. knox and co-defendant, raffaele sollecito, her former italian boyfriend, were accused in 2009, for assaulting and murdering her 21-year-old british college roommate. meredith kercher was stabbed to death in her bedroom. knox was sentenced to 23 years in prison. sollecito, to 25. there was an enormous outburst of joy. but there were also tears. outside the courtroom, however, mixed emotions. mixed sentiments. there were cheers. but there were boos. and some people shouting, what a disgrace. rob and tanya, back to you. >> thank you. >

raffaele sollecito spoke in rather tender terms, the love of his life, he talked about. she talked about how sollecito was there for her after they found the body of the roommate meredith kercher. clearly some affection, feelings to them, separated by four seats as they sit at the defense table. it was an emotional day in court, the verdict could come later on today, the judge said no sooner than 8:00 p.m., that's 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >> in an array of possible outcomes so people are clear on what could happen, it's he not either all or nothing, either she walks out of prison or returns and finishes the rest of her 26-year sentence. that's a good point. she was convicted on six counts including slander, another man being part of the crime who was not. there's a slander charge, a possibility she could be acquitted on the murder but found the conviction on that case would be upheld. the judge could say you're sentenced to time served or may serve another year. keep in mind an appeal works both ways in italy. the defense gets to appeal but so does the prosecution. their d

first, raffaele sollecito said he is living an endless nightmare. and that he has never hurt anyone in his life. he showed the court a bracelet he's worn that says, free amanda and raffaele. i have worn this for four years, he said, today, it is finally time to take it off. amanda then stood to speak. her voice shaking so much the judge told her she could sit if necessary. in halting italian. and taking deep breaths, she admitted, i'm a bit nervous. i'm paying for my life for something i haven't done. i'm not what they say i am. i'm not perverted and violent. when we found out meredith had been killed, i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe it was possible. then i felt fear. if i had been there that night, i would be dead also. she said, i shared my life with meredith. we were friends. she was concerned for me. she was always kind to me. she cared about me. she was murdered. i always wanted justice for her. i have not murdered. i have not raped. after four desperate year, i insist, i am innocent. i want to go home, i want to go back to my life. i

. >> reporter: rob, tanya, the moment that both amanda knox and raffaele sollecito had been waiting for after four years behind bars and this appeal which lasted for ten months they got the news they were waiting for. they have been both been acquitted for not committing the crime, not killing, amanda's british roommate, meredith kercher in 2007. amanda and knox and sollecito be immediately released. >> reporter: in terms of the reaction when the verdict was read in the courtroom, there was an outburst of joy, tears. outside the courthouse however mixed emotions really. there were mixed sentiments. >> she was scared. she was scared because her life was -- on the border between a terrible request which is life in jail and the possibility to get dismissed. so she was extremely scared and tense. >> reporter: we heard some cheers but we also heard some boos. with some people shouting "where is the justice?" now in terms of amanda knox while she left the prison, and according to italian lawmakers she could be back home in seattle by tuesday. rob, tanya, back to you. >> what a day in court. a

if it wasn't amanda knox and raffaele sollecito who were not involved, then who was? one killer. if it wasn't amanda and raffaele the big question reoep oened for the kercher family, there are people out there who have been associated with the killing of their daughter. >> police and prosecutors say about that because they were convinced these are the two. now that they have been released, do they start looking for other people, will they reopen the case? have they said what they're going to do about that? >> certainly from the prosecutor's point of view, they're going to appeal this decision by the appeal court here. they've got one more opportunity to do that. they can take it to the supreme court of italy, they intend to do that. only when the judges on the supreme court make their ruling will a final end be made to this terrible case when it comes to amanda knox and raffaele sollecito. they fully accept these findings. >> matthew, thank you very much for that. amanda knox headed from rome to london and from london she is expected to go to seattle. we don't know the

in the verdict amanda and her then boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were acquitted of murdering meredith kercher. he says he just wants to be with his family. his father say his son had been reborn. amanda's sister spoke for the family. >> we are thankful the nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. >> reporter: for the kercher family there was anger at the jury's decision. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the prosecution has the right to appeal and it could take at least 90 days before they do so. amanda does not have to be in italy for that part of the process. for now, she will begin a new life and reconnect with herher parents. at the airport amanda knox was a mix of emotions saying she was tired of the appeal but had nothing against italians or italy and she would be back here some day soon. lama hasan, italy. >>> new jersey governor christie announced he will not join a crowded field of republican contenders for the white house. this after a lot of gop donors and other prominent figures such as henry kissinger encouraged christie to run. >> now is

>> knox's codefendant, and one- time boyfriend, raffaele sollecito, was also acquitted.tion on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. >>> the manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. in the death trial of michael jackson. this time, the defense got a turn to question him. jennifer sa -- sab -- jennifer sabih. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray's attorney got his chance to question dr. rachelle cooper, who described one of the short conversations she had with dr. murray on june 25th, 2009, the day jackson was rushed to ucla medical center. >> i asked him what happened. >> and what did he say? >> he reported that mr. jackson had been working very hard, that he was , he thought -- dehydrated. >> reporter: dr. cooper told the court, jackson died before he reached the hospital. she gaif permission for paramedics to pronounce him dead after they tried to resuscitate him at his home. but they asked for additional treatment at the hospital. >> but there was no chance of treating mr. jackson, was there, successfully? >> from what i know now? no. but at the same time, i had a 50-year

the family of raffaele sollecito are now offering to help the kercher family get to the truth.urdered by rudy guede. but they say the full story has not been told. i think that's what everyone wants to know, what exactly happened that night. >> there's widespread speculation that amanda will write a book one day. >> it's fascinating to me that rudy guede got a shorter sentence than amanda, 16 years. >>> let's go to ron with the other headlines. >>> good morning, everyone, in the news, police in missouri say the parents of missing 10-month-old lisa irwin are once again cooperating. with their investigation. this two days after saying they had stopped co-operating with them. lisa's parents said they are organizing a reward, hoping that will lead to new information about her whereabouts. >>> casey anthony answered in a by video conference in a civil lawsuit that accuses her of ruining another woman's reputation. she said that a nanny zenaida gonzalez kidnapped her daughter. casey took the fifth. >>> texas congressmann ron paul won the straw poll at this values voters summit. >>> t

knox and codefendant raffaele sollecito, knox' boyfriend were sentenced. knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison. sollecito to 25. both denied wrong doing. just before the verdict, kercher's mother said she was counting on the justice system to do its job. >> they need to find out what happened to meredith and to get some just this for her, really. >> oar inside the courtroom there were tears of joy when the verdict was read but there were some boos and cheers. >>> the body of a woman who has been missing after a plane crash has been found. her son was the pilot. he said he swam to shore but his mother died in the water after the plane went down near smith island. >>> new at 5:00, another reminder to keep your car doors locked. suspects are targeting 1994 to 2006 dodge chrysler and jeeps. the stolen cars were abandoned, damaged or crashed before the owners reported them happening. police want to remind drivers to take extra precaution. double check this make sure the car doors are locked and use a steering wheel lock and try to park close to your home. an

only to uphold the conviction but increase the 26-year sentence again them, 25 year against raffaele sollecito to life imprisonment. they say these people, the prosecution is, they may have young but they killed tore nothing and deserve the maximum sentence. prosecutors went on to say they are just lucky in italy the maximum sentence isn't the death penalty. >> matthew, what can you tell us about this jury, the makeup of this jury. >> it's five women, three men, two of those men are professional judges, which is a strange thing about the legal system, not all civilians as it were. two professional judges. the rest are, the majority are women. they are expecting to retire from the court shortly after amanda knox gives this little speech on monday. it could take between three, six, eight hours before they reach a verdict. we're expecting it sometime monday night. >> all right. matthew chance, thanks so much, in perugia, italy. our legal guys avery friedman anderson richard herman will be along and dissect the appeals process and look at amanda knox's chance of freedom. >>> all right. now for som

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this wasn't the evidence putting amanned do knox and raffaele sollecito at the murder scene. >> matthew chance, thank you very much. >>> abc legal analyst dan abrams has had a close eye on this case for the last four years. what did you make of this stunning verdict today? >> i thought it was the right call. i think that once the dna evidence was discredited, the link to murder simply wasn't there. i expected that there would be some sort of compromise verdict as we saw here with the three-year sentence, but basically saying it's time served. >> and the complication came from this issue of defamation where amanda knox had accused patrick lumumba, an early suspect in the case, of doing the killing. he was awarded damages. explain how this all works legally. >> he was completely cleared. he turns out he had an alibi. and she had pointed the finger at him. so in italy, you sort of move forward with the civil and the criminal cases together. so his lawyer was present throughout the process. but this really brings up a bigger issue. and that is that the reason amanda knox got into a lot of t

next raffaele sollecito, amanda's former boyfriend and co-defendant insisting he never hurt anyone in his life. he shows the court a bracelet he has worn bearing the words "free amanda and raffaele." i have worn this for four years, he said. today it is finally the day to take it off. then the court falls silent as amanda knox rises to deliver her much anticipated statement. the intensity of the statement almost overwhelms her. she is shakes as she struggles to get the words out. >> okay. >> reporter: but as she continues she seems to gain a bit of confidence, the young woman described by her accusers as a she devil and shameless liar now taking one final opportunity to speak for herself. "i am paying with my life for something i haven't done," she said. "i am not what they say we are. i am not perverted and violent. when we found out meredith had been killed i couldn't believe it" she said. "i couldn't believe it was possible. then i felt fear. if i had been there that night i would be dead also." she said "i shared my life with meredith. we were friends. she was concerned for me. sh

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in the verdict amanda and her then boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were acquitted of murdering meredith kercher. he says he just wants to be with his family. his father say his son had been reborn. amanda's sister spoke for the family. >> we are thankful the nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. >> reporter: for the kercher family there was anger at the jury's decision. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the prosecution has the right to appeal and it could take at least 90 days before they do so. amanda does not have to be in italy for that part of the process. for now, she will begin a new chapter, trying to rebuild her life and reconnect with her parents. at the airport amanda knox was a mix of emotions saying she was tired of the appeal but had nothing against italians or italy and she would be back here some day soon. lama hasan, italy. >>> new jersey governor christie announced he will not join a crowded field of republican contenders for the white house. this after a lot of gop donors and other prominent figures such as henry kissinger encourage

the family of raffaele sollecito are now offering to help the kercher family get to the truth about whath. the sollecitos believe she was murdered by rudy guede. he's currently serving 16 years in jail for the crime but they say the full story has not been told. and i think that's what everyone wants to know, what exactly happened that night. >> well, there's widespread speculation that amanda will write a book one day. >> we'll see. >> maybe we'll hear. >> it's fascinating to me that rudy guede got a shorter sentence than amanda. >> yeah, 16 years. >> that's fascinating. thank you very much, t.j. >>> let's go to ron with the other headlines this morning. >> good morning to you, bianna, dan, t.j. good morning, everyone. >>> in the news, police in missouri say the parents of missing 10-month-old lisa irwin are once again cooperating with their investigation. this two days after saying, the police said they had stopped cooperating with them. lisa's parents said they are organizing a reward, hoping that will lead to new information on the whereabouts of their child. >>> casey anthony answer