Amanda's mom: 'We know she's innocent'
SEATTLE -- The trial of Amanda Knox is coming to an end, but a judge may decide to have an independent expert review the evidence in the case.
That review would mean Knox has to wait longer before learning the verdict. But her mom said the defense team wants the review to happen.
"We know she's innocent," Edda Mellas told KOMO News Friday morning. "If it delays (the trial) 60 days it's better than having to go through a whole new trial."
Knox, 22, and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are accused of stabbing her roommate Meredith Kercher to death in what began as a sex game.
Mellas said waiting through the long trial has been difficult, but it was even worse earlier in the process when intimate details of her daughter's life were being discussed in court.
"It was character assasination for months," Mellas said. "There was no solid evidence put out there for months. All they did was talk about her odd behavior."
Mellas said she's always thinking about her daughter.
"You get to distract yourself for short periods of time with work, but it's constant."
The defense team is confident Knox will be vindicated, Mellas said, but they're not sure what the verdict will be in this trial. Mellas said if the decision goes against Amanda, they hope to win her freedom in the appeals courts.
"Worst case for us is that it takes longer for us to get her out of there," she said.
Mellas said she talks to her daughter on the phone each Saturday, and Knox always wants updates on the family.
"She really doesn't know a lot of what's happening in the world. She watches very little (TV)," Mellas said. "She really doesn't keep up with what's going on."
A third person charged in Kercher's killing, Rudy Hermann Guede, was convicted of the murder in a separate trial last year and sentenced to 30 years.
He has said he is innocent and is appealing his conviction.
That review would mean Knox has to wait longer before learning the verdict. But her mom said the defense team wants the review to happen.
"We know she's innocent," Edda Mellas told KOMO News Friday morning. "If it delays (the trial) 60 days it's better than having to go through a whole new trial."
Knox, 22, and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are accused of stabbing her roommate Meredith Kercher to death in what began as a sex game.
Mellas said waiting through the long trial has been difficult, but it was even worse earlier in the process when intimate details of her daughter's life were being discussed in court.
"It was character assasination for months," Mellas said. "There was no solid evidence put out there for months. All they did was talk about her odd behavior."
Mellas said she's always thinking about her daughter.
"You get to distract yourself for short periods of time with work, but it's constant."
The defense team is confident Knox will be vindicated, Mellas said, but they're not sure what the verdict will be in this trial. Mellas said if the decision goes against Amanda, they hope to win her freedom in the appeals courts.
"Worst case for us is that it takes longer for us to get her out of there," she said.
Mellas said she talks to her daughter on the phone each Saturday, and Knox always wants updates on the family.
"She really doesn't know a lot of what's happening in the world. She watches very little (TV)," Mellas said. "She really doesn't keep up with what's going on."
A third person charged in Kercher's killing, Rudy Hermann Guede, was convicted of the murder in a separate trial last year and sentenced to 30 years.
He has said he is innocent and is appealing his conviction.