Rome — A new trial opened Friday for two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy's highest court threw out their convictions.
The friends from California were found guilty in the 2021 killing of Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega and four other counts and sentenced to life in prison, Italy's harshest punishment. The sentences were reduced to 24 years for Elder and 22 years for Natale-Hjorth on appeal.
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