2 American men are back in Italian court after convictions in officer’s slaying were thrown out
By GIADA ZAMPANO
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — A new trial of two American men has begun in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions. Italy’s highest Cassation Court ordered a new trial last year, saying that it had not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants, with limited Italian language skills, had understood that they were dealing with Italian police officers when they went to meet an alleged drug dealer.
