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.
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The jury delivered more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts on Wednesday against Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20, handing them Italy's stiffest sentence.
Elder and Natale-Hjorth were indicted on charges of homicide, attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause.
The defendants were led immediately out of the courtroom.
The slain officer's widow, who held a photo of her dead husband while waiting for the verdict, sobbed and hugged his brother, Paolo.
Australian Associated Press
