U.S. may free jailed Italian activist
WASHINGTON - The United States is considering returning a jailed radical
to her native Italy, a gesture that could appease anger over acquittal
of an
American military pilot in 20 deaths at an Italian ski resort, legal and
diplomatic sources say. Justice Department officials plan to meet with
their
Italian counterparts within a few weeks to discuss letting Silvia Baraldini,
51,
serve the balance of her 40-year term in Italy, said sources who spoke
on
condition of anonymity. She has been behind bars for 16 years. Baraldini
was
convicted of attempted robbery for trying to rob a Brinks armored truck
and
of kidnapping for her role in the prison breakout of a Black Liberation
Army
leader.