member of the dog pound coming up next. but here s the top of the hour. what would you say if you had just 20 minutes to defend your life? that is the question of american student amanda knox and she will have to answer that question because tomorrow she s on. she takes the stand in her own defense with her freedom hanging in the balance. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has been watching this appeal trial for us from perugia and matthew, i said there people here appeal and take the stand to defend yourself, this is not going to go like a normal case in the united states where someone takes the stand and they re going to be asked questions. no. they call it the pleas of innocence here. both amanda knox and her co-accused accused and convicted already of course of murdering meredith kercher in 2007 will get about 15 minutes each. it s not been confirmed that rafaela will make a speech but definitely amanda knox, tomorrow morning, is going to be sta