NEW : A lawyer for Knox says she `` is very afraid but her heart is full of hope '' Knox 's attorneys ' statements follow arguments presented this week by the lawyer of her co-defendant . Another lawyer urges the jury to absolve Knox as he wraps up his closing argument . A verdict in the appeal will not come before 2009 , the judge says . Briton Meredith Kercher and Knox were convicted in Monday of killing Sollecito .
NEW : A lawyer for Knox says she `` is very afraid but her heart is full of hope '' Another lawyer urges the jury to absolve Knox as he wraps up his closing argument . A verdict in the appeal will not come before 2009 , the judge says . Briton Meredith Kercher and Knox were convicted in Monday of killing Sollecito .