NEW : Curt Knox is hopeful his daughter will be home by the end of the month . A judge rejects prosecution requests for more DNA testing and to call more witnesses . Score: 6 Knox is fighting her murder conviction for the 2007 death of her housemate in Italy .
NEW : Curt Knox is hopeful his daughter 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 Kercher could not be from blood . Knox is fighting her murder conviction for the 2007 death of her housemate in Italy .