An Italian court in the city of Palermo sentenced an 18-year-old on Tuesday to more than eight years in the rape case of a young woman by seven men that made international headlines last summer. The juvenile criminal court in the Sicilian capital of Palermo sentenced the man, who was a minor at the time of the crime, to eight years and eight months in prison – exceeding the prosecutor’s request for eight years. The trial against the other alleged perpetrators is set to begin next month. This ruling, considered a harsh sentence for an 18-year-old, has stirred anticipation for potentially hefty …