Amanda Knox, a pupil of Seattle in prison for the murder of Meredith Kercher, made a composed but emotional statement to the Court at the hearing of the appeal of today in the courtroom of the Perugia.
"I have been in prison for three years now and I am innocent." This is very frustrating and it is mentally exhausting and I want that the truth lies, "she said, speaking in good Italian with a slight American accent." "It has many errors and many prejudices."
Tear through the brief statement to Midway, Knox said, "I remember how I was young and how I could understand not anything and most important, is that I want to not stay in prison unfairly for my life."
Hearing of today, which lasted about two hours, was hearing seventh in the slow appeal of the trial, which opened in November.
Knox was imprisoned in Perugia, since she was arrested in 2007 and was sentenced to 26 years in prison in December 2009 for the brutal murder of the British exchange student was found on November 2, 2007, with neck injuries in his room in the cottageShe shared with Knox.
His friend, Raffaele Sollecito, was sentenced in December to 25 years for the same reasons.
Both have denied their guilt and their innocence.
Another defendant, Rudy Guede, who said that he had not killed Kercher, but that it was in the House, at the time, was sentenced earlier and separately for the murder of Kercher for a term of 30 years who has been reduced to 16 years on appeal.
Knox father, Curt, who was in Court today said, "it took a lot of courage for Amanda to get up and make a statement like that." I [later] him that I was very proud of him. ?
Knox had made with a same passionate and emotional plea to his freedom on December 11, 2010 in the second hearing his appeal.
"" I am innocent. "."Raffaele is innocent, she said this time there. "We did not killed Meredith." ... We pay our life for a crime that us did not commit. ?
Today was a crucial hearing, which was originally scheduled to discuss the independent review of forensic evidence contested that Knox and Sollecito lawyers argue is insufficient.
Two court-appointed forensic experts were tasked to examine the genetic evidence on the knife found in Kercher's room kitchen of 30 centimetres in the House of Sollecito and the bra clasp.
Defence lawyers have been argued that this forensic evidence should never been used to condemn Knox and Sollecito results were so low.
The debate on the evidence must wait, however, because he was appointed to the independent expert forensic Court, which had been requested to submit their review by May 9, has requested an extension of 40 days to complete their work.
At the hearing of today, the experts also requested they be allowed to consult the documents relating to the identification of the weapon of the alleged crime - the knife - in the kitchen of the Sollecito and the testimony of police who searched the Sollecito House that day.
The Court today is their request, holding that these documents be delivered to the experts and that the final report must be submitted to the Court on 30 June so that it can be discussed at a hearing on July 25.
Other hearings were fixed before that date to June 18 and 27 to hear witnesses requested by the defence.
This includes a man in prison for a murder which said that he knows Knox and Sollecito are innocent and that he knows the name of the actual killers of the Kercher.
A verdict in the appeal of the trial should not until the fall.
Zachary Nowak has contributed to this report from Perugia.
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