ITALY: La Legge d'Onore

As usual in the Naples marketplace. the slight dark-haired man who stopped by the parked car talked tough. "I hear you've been looking for me," he said as he reached into the car's open window and tweaked the chin of the chubby-cheeked girl inside. "Here I am. Get out of the car."

As she swung open the door, the girl reached into her handbag and pulled out a Smith & Wesson .38. Holding it with both hands ("I was afraid I would miss," she explained later), she opened fire. Last week, on trial...

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