They are not mafia bosses who kill innocent people : Families of two California students sentenced to life for stabbing to death Italian cop slam Italian justice system
Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20, were convicted by a jury in Rome on Wednesday over the murder of Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35
Elder stabbed Rega 11 times with a 7-inch Rambo knife on July 26, 2019 after a drug deal went awry
Natale-Hjorth, whom Elder knew from high school in Mill Valley, California, helped hide the knife
Elder family spokesman Craig Peters blasted the jury for handing them the same sentence given to mobsters
Two California students, 20 and 21, are found guilty of murdering Italian cop with a Rambo knife in botched drug deal while on vacation and sentenced to life in prison
Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20, were convicted by a jury in Rome on Wednesday
The jury recommended a life sentence for the murder of Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35
Elder stabbed Rega 11 times with a 7-inch blade on July 26, 2019 after a drug deal went awry
Natale-Hjorth, whom Elder knew from high school in Mill Valley, California, helped hide the knife
The defendants maintained that they acted in self defense when confronted by Rega and his partner