'Her life is in their hands'
SEATTLE -- For Curt Knox, it's painful to think about what his daughter is missing while on trial in Italy.
The sentiment hit especially last week when former University of Washington student Amanda Knox took the stand.
"Well, I think Amanda did a really, really good job in presenting herself," said Curt Knox.
Still, it wasn't easy for him to hear his daughter tell a packed courtroom in Italy about her drug use and sex life.
The 21-year-old woman spent more than 12 hours on the stand at her murder trial, battling aggressive questioning by prosecutors and explaining her side of what happened.
"Obviously there was a big sigh of relief after she was done testifying. Her life is in their hands right now," said Curt Knox.
Amanda Knox testified that she was hit and bullied by police, and forced to make what she now calls a "forced confession" in the killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
Curt Knox was present at the hearings in Perugia last weekend and while there, he couldn't stop thinking his daughter should've been back home instead.
"More than once, more than once, when she was testifying Saturday, that's where she should have been -- at the U, getting her diploma," he said.
Next on the trial is a character testimony. Amanda Knox's mother is traveling to Italy to testify on Friday. Then the complicated forensics of the case will be laid out and disputed.
With so much more to get through, Curt Knox is standing firm, now more than ever, and defending his daughter's innocence.
"For the people who are on the guilty side, they don't know what they're talking about," he said.
Read previous stories on Amanda Knox and the Italy murder.
The sentiment hit especially last week when former University of Washington student Amanda Knox took the stand.
"Well, I think Amanda did a really, really good job in presenting herself," said Curt Knox.
Still, it wasn't easy for him to hear his daughter tell a packed courtroom in Italy about her drug use and sex life.
The 21-year-old woman spent more than 12 hours on the stand at her murder trial, battling aggressive questioning by prosecutors and explaining her side of what happened.
"Obviously there was a big sigh of relief after she was done testifying. Her life is in their hands right now," said Curt Knox.
Amanda Knox testified that she was hit and bullied by police, and forced to make what she now calls a "forced confession" in the killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
Curt Knox was present at the hearings in Perugia last weekend and while there, he couldn't stop thinking his daughter should've been back home instead.
"More than once, more than once, when she was testifying Saturday, that's where she should have been -- at the U, getting her diploma," he said.
Next on the trial is a character testimony. Amanda Knox's mother is traveling to Italy to testify on Friday. Then the complicated forensics of the case will be laid out and disputed.
With so much more to get through, Curt Knox is standing firm, now more than ever, and defending his daughter's innocence.
"For the people who are on the guilty side, they don't know what they're talking about," he said.
Read previous stories on Amanda Knox and the Italy murder.