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 .
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 Monday , the judge says . Knox and Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of killing Briton Meredith Kercher .