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he went further in accuse knox and sollecito being involved.he only implied but today he came outright and said he thought they were guilty. >> this is the first time amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend, sollecito, and this guy guede, were all in the courtroom together for the first time in a couple of years, how did they seem? >> it was aid powerful day of evidence, i think. the atmosphere was pretty electric. amanda knox was clearly very nervous going into this. you could see her taking deep breaths just after she walked into what is really quite a small courtroom. she was sitting a few yards from guede. she had a brief chat with sollecito as well. we couldn't really hear what they said. she then gave dramatically, a statement halfway through the proceedings. halfway through that she almost broke down to cry so you could feel it was very emotionally charged. she regained her composure but it was obvious she was nervous. she knew how much was hanging on this day of evidence today. >> dan rivers, appreciate it, thanks. >>> programming note. this f

sollecito's dna on it.e cases it was too minuscule to even properly test. the third defendant in the case, rudy guede, who is serving a 16-year sentence for the murder, was in court earlier this week, denying testimony that he told cellmates knox and sollecito were innocent. guede's dna is all over the bedroom where the murder took place. knox's dna is nowhere to be found. she just cleaned the room of her own dna? >> t tt's what they're saying. >> not a speck of hair. not a fingerprint. no pieces of dna to any degree in the room and have it cleaned up. it is impossible. >> reporter: the kind of forensics mistake you think wouldn't happen at a crime scene here. >> i would like to believe it would not happen at any crime scene, period. >> reporter: the dna report will be presented and fiercely debated in the perugia courtroom on july 25th. >>> and we are now joined by amanda knox's mom, edda mellas. she is in perugia, italy, this morning. thanks for joining us, ms. mellas. i know this is the break you were wa

her then boyfriend, rafaelle sollecito, was much more composed when he spoke.hat amanda knox said, that guede was unreliable, that he changed what he had been saying, that their lives had been rund all because of what rudy guede had said. >> how important is this forensic test and if we do learn the ruls on thursday, what might we learn from this? could this free amanda knox? >> reporter: i think this will be the key turning point if there is one in this appeal. they now have to rely really on this forensic and dna evidence. the two key pieces are dna evidence from the knife and from the bra that meredith kercher was wearing. now, the defense lawyers seem to be very confident about this, that there's going to be nothing in there that is going to be damning for amanda knox. the methodology that was used in the previous trial will also be scrutinized later on in july. i think this whole thing now is going to get very scientific and it's all going to come down to the forensics. >> dan rivers there watching that case for us, very interesting case in italy, thank yo

this week, he took the stand, and toddress claims by follow inmate that he told them knox and sollecito were not in the house that night. he said that is not true. >> i was hoping rudy would own up to his responsibility and essentially tell the court that amanda had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: ultimately, the truth may simply come down to science. >> i think the story of how this crime was committed doesn't fit the evidence collected. >> please, please, you guys. >> reporter: knox's family has defended her and visited her in prison since day one. this isn't going to be over any time soon. how do you continue on through -- >> you have to. you stay focused on amanda. and making sure that that light is there for her. and you just work through it ch. you just have to. you're not going to leave an innocent daughter in a foreign prison. >> reporter: for knox and her family, the emotional and financial toll, more than $1 million to date, are nearly too much to bear. can you really ever go back to life as it was, after what you've been through? >> well, you know, none of us is ever real

mario alessi, a convicted child murderer seen here speaking with sollecito's team said while sharingot come out. three other prisoners are expected to claim they, too, heard the story and knox and sollecito were not involved. another prisoner, a convicted mobster, claims it was his brother who murdered kercher. he, to knox's defense, is the re-examination of forensic material, by an independent panel of scientists appointed by the appeals judge. leaks in the italian media so far suggest that the dna evidence used to convict knox could prove inconclusive. a bra clasp linking sollecito to the crime scene is said to be so badly rusted it cannot be retested. and a knife prosecutors claim was used to murder kercher appears not to have the dna of knox and the deceased as previously claimed. giving hope to knox and her family. >> it's absolutely huge. and as far as the leaks are concerned, they sound amazingly promising. but i'm, you know, we want to wait until the report comes out. >> reporter: the findings from the new analysis are expected in court next month. but for now, there's a grow

for the first time, he said he explicitly thought that knox and sollecito were guilty of the murder,ere was also a dramatic moment when amanda knox herself made a statement to the court during the statement she said she was shocked by guede's evidence. she said he knew that we weren't in the house on the night of the murder. she said she didn't know what really happened, and she said she was sorry that she couldn't talk to guede direct to question him about the events. as well as her statement, raffaele sollecito spoke to the court and said that before guede had only mentioned a shadow he thought may have been amanda knox in the house that evening. now he seemed to be changing his story. he said that they had been in jail for four years and that their lives have been ruined, all on the evidence really of this one man, rudy guede. in the end, though, this defense attempt to try and get rudy guede to trip up in cross examination back fired. he didn't. so now they will be relying on forensic evidence and dna evidence that will be re-examined over the next few weeks. dan rivers, cnn, per

last week his cell mate mario alessi testified guede told him knox and sollecito were not involved. claims and maintained the two were responsible. knox later told the court "he knows we were not there. i'm shocked and anguished by his statements." knox's mother was present at the hearing. >> it's unfortunate that he refused to answer questions. that would have been nice if he'd just gotten up and told the truth but that didn't happen. >> reporter: the court will be reviewing a report by independent forensics investigators on dna collected from the scene. evidence that could prove knox was not involved.ç >> you know, we're really hopeful. because these are supposedly really great independent experts, that it's all going to come out in amanda's favor. we know she's innocent and hopefully all of that will show that too. >> reporter: they're hoping the court agrees and exonerates knox, ending their four-year ordeal. diana alvear, abc news. >> it's really amazing. there's so many different factors to this case. we already have one person that's serving time for this crime. also just the

she asked for permission to address the court but she and her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito had guede who denied defense claims he told a fellow prisoner that knox and sollecito were not present when kercher was assaulted and had her throat slashed in a house she shared with knox in 2007. guede admitted to being on the scene and dna proved he and kercher had some sexual contact on the night of the encounter. the trial began in november but knox's mother says everyone involved has become realistic about how far they still have to go. >> none of us are overconfident because of what happened in the first trial, found guilty even though she's innocent. i think she's nervous about getting things going but i think we're more hopeful now than we have been in a while. >> reporter: when she got her chance to speak knox says the courtroom was the only time she and guede was the only time she had been in the same space. the appeal process will resume in july. allen pizzey, cbs news, rome. >>> coming up next, the supreme court decision designed to have a ripple effect in the entertainment i

for the first time pointed the finger directly at amanda knox and her then boyfriend raphael sollecitod he always felt they killed meredith kercher. she was allowed to dramatically speak in this hearing. one of the rare occasions. she has been able to speak in this appeal process. she said as you said, she was shocked by what guede said. she said he knew we weren't in the house at the murder. the only time the three of us have been together is in court. i don't know what happened. i'm sorry, i didn't have the opportunity to talk to him myself. and sollecito spoke and said their lives have been ruined, been in jail for four years and he guede knew what happened and by implication they've been convicted only on his evidence and supposition and that the rest of the case was weak. >> dan, this case has taken on so many twists and turns, stretched across four years now. there is any time frame for a ruling on this appeal? >> well, this will all now shift towards the forensic evidence. the hope for defense players here is that rudy gau day would sort of collapse and basically admit that he d

and sollecito's own dna found on kercher's bra clapse. that wasn't enough evidence on the knife to be tested. the defense points out the absence of knox's dna from kercher's bedroom, where there is plenty of guede's dna, including bloody handprints on the wall. while the independent dna experts intend to turn in their report this week, amanda's family tries to remain optimistic. >> you know, if it's done right it will come back positive for her. so, we're looking forward to seeing that. >> reporter: rudy guede has capability issues. his story of what happened that night has changed several times. the real hope for knox's family is this panel of dna experts, who by many accounts, robin, are finding potential problems with the dna, implicating amanda knox in the crime. >> she made a recent statement. >> today, in court, she stood up and addressed the court in italian. and said, this is the first time in my life i've ever been in the same room with this man, rudy guede. i was not at the scene with the three of them. that's the prosecution's

knox and her then-boyfriend, rafael sollecito, were convicted in a trial that captured the nation.ined her innocence. her family is hoping her appeal has a different outcome than her trial. >> i am definitely more hopeful that, you know, when this is all over, that here in september, that she will be coming home with us. absolutely. >> reporter: diana alvear, abc news. >>> federal agents have mama their first big bust of a dangerous new designer drug. it's called bath salts. dea agents arrested the chief supplier in seattle and now nine dealers in new york have also been arrested. >> it sounds like something comforting you'd use in the tub but bath salts is made from a imported from china, it mimics the effects of cocaine or ecstasy. just this yearart's been linked to the deaths of at least four people. >> very scary. >>> taking a look now at your thursday forecast. we have some rain bands from tropical storm arlene that will drench south texas from brownsville to mccallan and scattered thunderstorms from houston to the carolinas. there's the music again. so excited. >> just for yo

the new witnesses say she and former boyfriend raffaele sollecito are innocent of the murder of meredithd has also been convicted of the murder. a third convicted child killer mario alessie. a fellow inmet who said rudy guede told him his friend killed kercher. >> we're hoping more truth comes out that these stories about rudy and him speaking while in prison to the fact that amanda had nothing to do with this, that it's proven in court. >> reporter: but that's just one version. a second witness convicted mobster lucian op. salievllo insists his mother murdered kercher during a botched break-in. today's testimonies are the latest twist in knox's lengthy and ongoing appeal process. the 24-year-old seattle student and her former boyfriend were convicted 18 months ago for the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old kercher in the bedroom of the house they shared in the italian mountain village of perugia. she's serving a 26-year jail sentence, but in recent months, there have been growing doubts over the strength of her conviction. a final decision in knox's appeal is expected in the fall, but key to