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Finnegan Lee Elder, foreground, listens as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where he and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, young American men, convicted in Italy police slaying

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Finnegan Lee Elder, left, crosses his fingers as he talks with his father Ethan Elder, before a jury began deliberating the fates of Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, on trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where they were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Rome jury convicts 2 US friends in slaying of police officer

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, from the United States, left, and his co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they sit during a break of a hearing in the trial where they are facing murder charges after Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega was fatally stabbed on a Rome street in July 2019, in Rome, Monday, April 26, 2021. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

US men await their fate as murder trial nears end in Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

U.S. man’s defense: fear played role in Italian’s slaying

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Prosecutor Maria Sabina Calabretta speaks during a hearing of the trial of Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, and Finnegan Lee Elder, both from the United States, where they are accused of slaying the Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, while on vacation in Italy in July 2019, in Rome, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Italian prosecutor seeks life for US men charged with murder

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Finnegan Lee Elder, from the United States, walks past to Rosa Maria Esilio, widow of slain Carabinieri military police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, background left, and Paolo Cerciello Rega, brother of Mario, center, prior to a hearing in the trial where he and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth are accused of slaying a plainclothes Carabinieri officer while on vacation in Italy in July 2019, in Rome, Monday, March 1, 2021. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

US youth testifies he stabbed Italian officer in defense

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Finnegan Lee Elder, from California, looks on during a break in his trial where he and his friend Gabriel Natale-Hjorth are accused of slaying a plainclothes Carabinieri officer while on vacation in Italy last summer, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

American apologizes in Italy court for taking officer’s life

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Roberto Capra, lawyer of Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, talks to reporters as he leaves the Meridien hotel where Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 18, were arrested hours after Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, was knifed 11 times to his death, in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. The two American teenagers are jailed in Rome as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel early in the morning of Friday, July 26. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Teen’s lawyer seeks footage after Italian officer’s slaying

By GIADA ZAMPANO and DOLORES HINCKLEY - Associated Press

Ethan Elder, father of Finnegan Lee Elder, arrives at Fiumicino Rome Airport Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, is suspected of being the one who stabbed Carabinieri officer Cerciello Rega and is detained in Rome with Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 18, who is suspected of assaulting another officer. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy: Teen’s father says son didn’t know friend had knife

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega's wife, Rosa Maria, right, follows the coffin containing the body of her husband during his funeral in his hometown of Somma Vesuviana, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: US diplomat visits teen held in officer’s death

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The coffin containing the body of Carabinieri's officer Mario Cerciello Rega is carried to his funeral in his hometown of Somma Vesuviana, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2019. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of the Italian police officer on a street near their hotel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy judge: Teen claims he knifed officer in self-defense

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this combo photo released by Italian Carabinieri, Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, right, and Finnegan Lee Elder, sit in their hotel room in Rome. Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35. A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. (Italian Carabinieri via AP)

Italy: Teen held in officer’s death ‘illegally blindfolded’

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

People arrive to pay respect in the church where Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega was laid in state, in Rome, Sunday, July 28, 2019. In a statement Saturday, Carabinieri officers investigating the death of Cerciello Rega, 35, said two young American tourists have been detained for alleged murder and attempted extortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Teens’ schools react to officer’s Rome killing

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