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  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...

Two Americans sentenced to Italian prison for life after Roman police officer stabbed to death in ‘drug deal gone bad’ Updated 10:26 AM; Today 10:26 AM Finnegan Lee Elder, left, crosses his fingers as he talks with his parents Ethan and Leah Elder, before a jury began deliberating the fates of Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, on trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where they were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP Facebook Share ROME (AP) �...

2 US men sentenced to life in prison for killing Italian police officer Updated 6:42 AM; Today 6:42 AM Finnegan Lee Elder, wipes his eye, as he and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth listen as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where they were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A jury in Rome on Wednesday convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a drug sting gone awry, sentencing them to life in prison.AP Photo/Gregorio Borg...

'They are not mafia bosses who kill innocent people': Families of two California students sentenced to life for stabbing to death Italian cop slam Italian justice system Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20, were convicted by a jury in Rome on Wednesday over the  murder of Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35 Elder stabbed Rega 11 times with a 7-inch Rambo knife on July 26, 2019 after a drug deal went awry   Natale-Hjorth, whom Elder knew from high school in Mill Valley, California, helped hide the knife   Elder family spokesman Craig Peters blasted the jury for hand...

Rome jury gives 2 Americans life in prison for slaying of police officer Updated: 10 hours ago Published 10 hours ago Finnegan Lee Elder listens to the verdict in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where he and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth were staying while on vacation 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 befor...