Italian court reduces sentences for Americans in officer's murder
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Ethan Elder, left, father of Finnegan Lee Elder, hugs his son at the end of a hearing for the appeals trial in which Finnegan is facing murder charges for killing Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, in Rome, July 3, 2024. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth attends a hearing for the appeals trial in which he is facing murder charges for killing Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, in Rome, July 3, 2024.
An appeals court in Italy on Wednesday upheld the convictions but decreased the prison sentences for two American visitors who initially were sentenced to life in prison in the murder of a police officer in 2019, a case that shocked Italy.
Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, then a candidate vying for a position in Mongolia's parliament, speaks at a party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 27, 2024. A Mongolian woman consults a fortuneteller divining fortunes with stones on a street across from Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 27, 2024.
An Iranian voter displays her ink-stained finger after casting her ballot at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Iran's runoff presidential election pits reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili. Iranian presidential candidate and ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, center, casts his ballot at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves at the crowd during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters)