Court ruled that the pair “did not commit the crime.”
As bizarre— and I think manifestly unfair— as the italian criminal justice system is, they do have that additional wrinkle. Where in the U.S. the determination is only “guilty” or “not guilty” (that is... Not -proven- guilty) the Italian courts have the additional option of a finding of “innocence”.
It’s a curious thing, and I’m not sure what all it means for their system.