Italy's highest court has ordered a retrial for two American citizens from the San Francisco Bay Area who were convicted in the slaying of an Italian police officer during a sting operation gone bad.
Italy's highest court has ordered a retrial for two American tourists from the San Francisco Bay Area who were convicted in the slaying of an Italian police officer during a sting operation gone bad.
The court will issue its reasons for the verdict in the coming weeks and instruct an appeals court on the precise issues to examine in a new trial. "It confirms a topic we raised from the first day: That Elder was not aware of having in front of him a law enforcement agent. The dynamics of the events exclude this fact," Capra told reporters. He expressed hope that a retrial would give room to lower the penalty.
Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, was stabbed 11 times while he and a partner were on a plainclothes operation to recover a backpack that the two Americans took during a failed drug deal. Elder claimed he pulled out a knife in self-defense to break free as the officer tried to strangle him.
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