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2 Americans convicted of killing police officer in Italy and sentenced to life in prison May 5, 2021 / 9:19 PM / AP 2 Americans get life in prison for murder in Italy A jury convicted two American friends Wednesday in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison. The jury of two judges and six civilians deliberated more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts against Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, handing them Italy's stiffest sentence. Elder and Natale-Hjorth ...

Frances D'Emilio Gabriel Natale-Hjorth is escorted by police officers during the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A jury in Rome has convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a drug sting gone awry, sentencing them to life in prison. The jury delivered more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts late Tuesday against 21-year-old Finnegan Lee Elder and 20-year-old Gabriel Natale. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) May 05, 2021 - 6:18 PM ROME - A jury ...

A jury in Italy convicted two American friends to life in prison in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in Rome.

Views: Visits 18 A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison, ABC News reports. Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, who became friends while attending Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, were found guilty on all charges of homicide, attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official, and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause. Prosecutors alleged that Elder, 21, stabbed Brigadier Mario Ce...

  ROME -- A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police officer in a tragic unravelling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison. More than 12 hours after deliberations began, the jury of two judges and six civilians delivered verdicts and sentences Wednesday night that set off a collective gasp in the courtroom: Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, former schoolmates from the San Francisco area, were each found guilty of murder and four other counts and received Italy's stiffest punishment...