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ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Testimony so excruciating that mother collapsed in the courtroom at one point. Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Vargas. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, but we're gonna begin this half hour with new details on the alleged murder of a young man by his fiancée. Prosecutors say interrogation tapes capture her saying she wants him dead. But here's the question this morning, will the jury ever hear those words? "20/20" anchor Elizabeth Vargas is here this morning with much more. Hey, Elizabeth. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we're gonna start out right now with that trial Elizabeth was talking about, a Utah doctor accused of killing his wife so he could be with his mistress. It all happened six years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. But first the very latest on the Jodi Arias trial. The closing arguments by her defense team start today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Politicking and history underway there at the Vatican. Thank you, George. We turn now to that dramatic day in the so-called breakup murder trial. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Okay. But first this morning, we're going to get right to the latest in that breakup murder trial and it's taking place right not in Arizona. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Thank you so much. But first, let's get right to that Drew Peterson verdict. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the so-called business trip murder trial. Jason Young is being retried for the brutal beating death of his pregnant wife. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's get right - George, to the latest emotional testimony in the so-called honeymoon murder trial in Alabama. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do begin with the latest on the honeymoon murder trial in Alabama. You may remember that Gabe Watson is accused of cutting his wife's air supply while they were scuba diving. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) More now on that honeymoon murder trial down in Alabama. Gabe Watson is accused of cutting off his wife's air supply while they were scuba diving. He says his wife panicked under water and then drowned. "20/20" anchor Elizabeth Vargas has the story. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. I'm Juju Chang. We begin tonight with a chilling story that will have you wondering, was it love or money? It was an exotic honeymoon that came to a horrifying end 100 feet beneath the ocean's waves. A scuba dive goes terribly wrong. The newlywed bride, lifeless on the ocean floor, the groom, on the surface, calling for help, or guilty of murder? Here's ABC's Elizabeth Vargas for our series, "Crime and Punishment." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're back at 7:42. (Voiceover) And now to the sensational trial of an Alabama man charged with murdering his wife on their honeymoon. Gabe Watson allegedly drowned his new wife more than eight years ago while they were scuba diving in Australia. ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) Pretty stunning news this morning in the Amanda Knox case, two months after she returned home from four years in an Italian prison. Judges crushed the prosecutor's original case, saying there was never any solid evidence against Amanda. "20/20" anchor Elizabeth Vargas has been reporting on this case from the beginning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna turn now to the case of Amanda Knox, the American student imprisoned in Italy, convicted with her boyfriend and another man in the brutal murder of her roommate. Knox is appealing her conviction, and the stakes could not be higher. "20/20" co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is in Italy with Knox's parents tonight on that surprise in the courtroom this weekend. It's an ABC News exclusive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But let's get right to those crucial closing arguments underway in Italy in the appeals trial of Amanda Knox, the Seattle student hoping to get her murder conviction overturned and return home here to the US. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. I'm Cynthia McFadden. We'll begin with new developments in the case of Amanda Knox, the American woman currently serving a murder sentence in Italy. Knox was an undergraduate just beginning a year abroad when she was accused of killing her English housemate in 2007. She's been behind bars ever since. But now comes an appeal which has her family hoping she might be released. ABC's Elizabeth Vargas reports tonight from Italy. Elizabeth, there is so much at stake in that courtroom. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Coming up on 7:44 now. And a big day in the Amanda Knox case. Crucial DNA evidence is being re-examined at her appeals trial in Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Jose Baez, the lead attorney for Casey Anthony. We are now joined by Nancy Grace, the host of "Nancy Grace" on HLN, joining us from Orlando and ABC's legal analyst Dan Abrams here in New York. And, Dan, I'd like to start with you. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we begin this morning, as we said, with more on that Casey Anthony trial. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Oh, it's so tough. All right Sam, thanks so much. Today marks two years since George and Cindy Anthony saw the last, last saw their granddaughter, Caylee, alive. And since then, Caylee's body was discovered near their home, their own daughter charged with her murder, and they have been caught in the crosshairs of a public feeding frenzy. George and Cindy sat down with Ashleigh Banfield on this solemn anniversary. And Ashleigh is here with that this morning. Good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And up next, the verdict that sent shock waves around the world, American student Amanda Knox facing 26 years in an Italian prison after being convicted in the murder of her roommate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There's proof for that. All that coming up. But first, we go to Italy. And that is where Amanda Knox is beginning a 26-year prison sentence this morning after being convicted of murdering her former roommate. The verdict has left the Knox family stunned, but, they have vowed to fight on. And "20/20" anchor Elizabeth Vargas, she has been following this trial all along. And joins us now from Perugia, Italy. Elizabeth, good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Marysol. Well, we want to go back to our lead story this morning, that conviction of American student Amanda Knox for the murder of her former roommate. She now faces 26 years in an Italian prison. And it's raising real questions about the Italian legal system. Of course, the people at the center of this storm are the family, the Knox family. And ABC's "20/20's" Elizabeth Vargas, she has been visiting with them throughout this trial. And joins us once again from Perugia. Elizabeth. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening from Perugia, Italy, where tonight, an American college student has been found guilty of murder in a case that has sparked international headlines and controversy. It was a stunning verdict in what's been called Italy's trial of the century. And for 22-year-old Amanda Knox and her family from Seattle, it was a devastating loss. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]