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Who made sacrifices and blazed the trail before me, a branch really off of the trail and that's one of the things i talked about from zero to breakthrough. the mission. how did we do this stuff together? >> how did you get to do the stuff you do? you had to do so much of it on your own? did you have family support saying, hold back, we don't want you doing this, it's dangers. >> i gave my parents all their gray hair, let me say that up front. my step dad, i call him dad, he did not want me to be a marine. he said, you know, i've seen how they treat women and, you know, it's not an easy road, i...

2009 murder conviction in an italian court. defense attorneys say the prosecution's case against her is far from solid. keith miller is live on the very latest on the proceedings. keith, another good day to you. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, alex, in fact the amanda knox defense team do not want to appear overconfident, but after saturday's court session, there is renewed hope that they can overturn knox's conviction for murder. she appeared anxious as she entered the courtroom. family members say the appeal of her murder conviction is taking a toll on the college student from washing...

Know you've heard it said many times before that a picture tells a thousand words. i think yours are telling far more than that. thank you for joining us, shiho fukada. >> thank you. conflicting testimony and a lack of evidence took center stage in the appeals trial of amanda knox on saturday. lawyers for the american student are fighting to overturn her 2009 conviction for the murder of her british roommate, meredith kercher. nbc's keith miller is live in perugia, italy, with the very latest on the proceedings. keith, a good day to you. >> reporter: good morning, alex. well, amanda knox's d...

Electric chair. >> she is the youngest woman on death row in the nation. >> i'm 22 years old. and this is it for me. and... there is so much more that i wanted to do with my life. and... just sitting in a room by myself 23 hours a day. i should be going to school or working and having fun with friends. >> at the tennessee maximum prison for women, fox files goes beyond barbed wire, for a behind the scenes look at krista's live on death row. >> butterflies and angels. i love angels. that is my mom and step dad. and i love my dog. ed. these are the only stuffed animals we can have. we can't have...

That i wanted to do with my life. and... just sitting in a room by myself 23 hours a day. i should be going to school or working and having fun with friends. >> at the tennessee maximum prison for women, fox files goes beyond barbed wire, for a behind the sces look at krista's live on death row. >> butterflies and angels. i love angels. that is my mom and step dad. and i love my dog. ed. these are the only stuffed animals we can have. we can't have ones that are stuffed with things in them. they they we might hide something in there. >> in her cell, looking like a college dorm there is a pictu...