Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of policeman but reduces sentences

An Italian appeals court has upheld the convictions of two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their sentences. The new trial was ordered after Italy’s highest court threw out their original convictions. The court on Wednesday convicted Lee Elder Finnegan and sentenced him to 15 years and 2 months in prison and gave a sentence of 11 years to Gabriele Natale-Hjorth. They were found guilty in the July 2019 slaying of Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega.