Amanda Knox’s family is taking a stand against the Italian prosecutors who are determined to put her back in prison, and demanding an end to the “harassment” by lawyers determined to prolong “this terrible, painful incident."

The plea was in response to a 112-page appeal filed by prosecutor Giovanni Galati that seeks to overthrow the ruling that set Knox free and found her not guilty of the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, reported ABCnews.com.

On the fourth anniversary of Meredith Kercher's death, Amanda Knox is trying to put her life back together and move on, her father, Curt Knox, exclusively revealed to RadarOnline.com.

"We’re focused on getting our lives back into some semblance of normal," he told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.

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After four years in an Italian jail and a long flight back from Italy, Amanda Knox was just happy to be home on Wednesday, her step-mother Cassandra Knox revealed exclusively to RadarOnline.com.

"She’s exhausted, ecstatic and overwhelmed. She has tons of emotions right now but she's extremely happy," Cassandra, who flew back from Italy with husband Curt, Amanda and other family members on Tuesday evening, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.

"Last night was about surrounding her with people who love her and now she is safe," said her step-mom. "We are going help her get back into the swing of things. She is a very strong girl and has a lot of people who love her and a great supports system."

A verdict in the Amanda Knox appeals case is now expected to be announced sometime around 3 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. ET  Monday, and RadarOnline.com will live stream the decision as soon as it is announced.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the American exchange student, 24, is appealing her conviction for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

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A verdict in the Amanda Knox appeals case is expected at approximately 2pm ET/11 am PT Monday, and RadarOnline.com will live stream the decision as soon as it is announced.

The American exchange student finally got her chance to address the appeals court that will decide whether to overturn her conviction in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

"People always ask who is Amanda Knox? I am the same person I was four years ago. But I have lost a friend. I have lost my faith in Italian police. I am paying with my life for something I have not done. Four years ago I didn't know what suffering was," Knox said, delivering her statement in Italian.

Amanda Knox attended Mass Saturday afternoon at her prison outside Perugia, Italy. She also played guitar at the service.

"You can imagine how she is but Amanda envinces great strength and hope," the prison chaplain, Rev. Saulo Scarabattoli told reporters.

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Amanda and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito will be back in court Monday where they'll each have a chance to address the two judges and six jurors who will decide whether their murder convictions should be upheld, modified or completely overturned.

The two were convicted in 2009 of the brutal slaying of Meredith Kercher. She and Amanda were both exchange students in Perugia, and shared a small house when she was found murdered in 2007.

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Knox and Sollecito have since mounted a spirited appeal of the conviction, which under Italian law is essentially an entirely new trial.

Following the church service yesterday, Knox was also able to speak to her grandmother in Seattle for about 10 minutes, Amanda's dad Curt Knox revealed.

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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Elisabeth Huff, 74, has spent all her retirement savings and has gone deeply into debt to help finance the efforts to get her oldest grandchild out of prison.

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While American exchange student Amanda Knox awaits her fate in an Italian prison, her parents are speaking out on her innocence.

Amanda -- and her parents -- will find out by Monday if she will be released from prison on appeal following her controversial conviction in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

“To use the theory of the prosecution; four people inside a very small room, one person fighting for their life, three people, I’m sure their adrenaline is running, and for Amanda and Raffaele to leave nothing in that room,” Amanda’s father, Curt Knox told Matt Lauer in an interview with the Today show on Friday.

The appeal trial of Amanda Knox enters its’ final stages in a Perugia, Italy courtroom Friday, with a verdict expected to be handed down in less than a week.

Knox, 24, entered court wearing a pink top and looking nervous as prosecutors began their closing arguments in the hearing which will determine if the American exchange student will go free.

As RadarOnline.com has previously reported, Knox, from Seattle, WA., is appealing her conviction of sexually assaulting and murdering her one-time roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, with the help of two other men on the night of November 1, 2007; in December 2009, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

In a stunning development, an Italian court Wednesday rejected a prosecutor’s request for new testing of crucial DNA evidence in the appeals trial of Amanda Knox -- raising hopes that the American exchange student could possibly be freed from prison within a month.

Knox, 24, was convicted in Italy of sexually assaulting and murdering her one-time roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, with the help of two other men. In December 2009, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in jail.

On Wednesday, the credibility of DNA evidence investigators originally collected in the case continued to come under fire; had the court allowed retesting of the DNA, Knox could have been held for many more months in custody as officials sorted through the new findings.