<p>“I am scared because I don’t know what is going on,” the 22-year-old American student said during a 10-minute visit by two Italian lawmakers, prison officials and a pair of reporters in Capanne prison on the outskirts of Perugia.<br /><br />Knox has been jailed for two years since she was arrested a few days after the slaying of Meredith Kercher in the house the two students shared in this Umbrian university town.<br /><br />“I am waiting and always hoping,” Knox said, switching from English into Italian for the delegation. “I don’t understand many things, but I have to accept them, things that for me don’t always seem very fair.”<br /><br />Sitting on her bed in the 9-square-foot cell when the visitors arrived, she said “I was feeling horrendous” after the December 5 verdict that she was guilty of murder and sexual assault. <br /><br />“The guards helped me out. They held me all night,” she said. Her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was convicted of the same charges and given a 25-year-sentence. After the verdict, he was transferred to another prison. Both insist they are innocent.</p>
<p>“I am scared because I don’t know what is going on,” the 22-year-old American student said during a 10-minute visit by two Italian lawmakers, prison officials and a pair of reporters in Capanne prison on the outskirts of Perugia.<br /><br />Knox has been jailed for two years since she was arrested a few days after the slaying of Meredith Kercher in the house the two students shared in this Umbrian university town.<br /><br />“I am waiting and always hoping,” Knox said, switching from English into Italian for the delegation. “I don’t understand many things, but I have to accept them, things that for me don’t always seem very fair.”<br /><br />Sitting on her bed in the 9-square-foot cell when the visitors arrived, she said “I was feeling horrendous” after the December 5 verdict that she was guilty of murder and sexual assault. <br /><br />“The guards helped me out. They held me all night,” she said. Her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was convicted of the same charges and given a 25-year-sentence. After the verdict, he was transferred to another prison. Both insist they are innocent.</p>
