Three Americans sentenced to death in Congo for a coup attempt have filed an appeal. That's according to their lawyer on Tuesday who spoke to The Associated Press.

Three American travelers, including two 21-year-olds from Utah, face the death penalty for participating in a failed coup against Congo’s president. One of the Americans is the son of the coup’s leader,

A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and imposed “the harshest penalty, that of death.” The court convicted the 37 defendants,