NEW : Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison , while Sollecito got 25 . Curt Knox is hopeful his wife will be home by the end of the month . A judge rejects prosecution requests for more DNA testing and to call more witnesses . A defense witness says DNA on the knife used to kill Meredith Knox could not be from her . Knox is fighting her own conviction for the 2007 death of her husband in Italy .
NEW : Curt Knox is hopeful his wife will be home by the end of the month . A judge rejects prosecution requests for more DNA testing and to call more witnesses . A defense witness says DNA on the knife used to kill Meredith Knox could not be from her . Knox is fighting her own conviction for the 2007 death of her husband in Italy .