NEW : `` I think it may be the fact that we do n't ever really know what happened that night , which is obviously something we will have to come to terms with . '' The U.S. State Department ' n't say whether Italy has requested asylum . Amanda Knox ` ` remains a prisoner in the United States , '' the professor says . Whatever happens , it wo n't happen soon , legal experts say . ` ` I will never willingly go back '' to Italy , she says .
NEW : The U.S. State Department ' n't say whether Italy has requested asylum . Amanda Knox ` ` remains a prisoner in the United States , '' the professor says . Whatever happens , it wo n't happen soon , legal experts say . ` ` I will never willingly go back '' to Italy , she says .