Excerpts from wiretaps published in newspapers, trials in the media and judicial errors. Il Tempo interviewed Enrico Costa, who has long been involved in justice, to understand how politics can intervene to curb this trend.
Honorable, Ferragni’s trial in the Pandoro case has not yet started and there is still nothing else said in the media.
«The issue of media exposure of suspects, who therefore enjoy the presumption of innocence, is significant. Judgments should be celebrated in courts, not on social media or in newspapers. The State must guarantee the judiciary all the structures and resources to function but must guarantee that those who are judged can leave as they entered both in terms of image, portfolio, reputation and credibility. All aspects that don’t exist today because if you enter the blender of an investigation, you often leave with indelible scars.”
The investigation news is often more interesting than the procedural developments.
«Look, I’m thinking of examining 100 investigations, measuring the words, the columns, the lines, the titles of the investigations and then I’m going to measure how much is dedicated to the trial part and how much to the acquittal sentence. We need a Guarantor to turn to to ensure that the acquittal sentence is given the same space as was given to the news of the opening of the investigation.”
Why do we find excerpts of wiretapping reported in the newspapers?
«One of the reasons why news elements of the investigation are displayed is to strengthen the investigation and create a link with public opinion. And when this happens, the judge has to be very strong to overturn the adversarial system. I have presented an amendment in which I propose to change the location of the trial if there is too much media exposure.”
How can we intervene?
«Whoever makes a mistake must pay. Instead, we have 99.6% of judges with favorable evaluations, a non-existent disciplinary system and only in 8 of the 640 cases filed since 2010 was civil liability found. Only then does it happen, as in the case of the Cartabia reform, that the magistrates in the Ministry’s offices get their hands on him and anesthetize him. The only way to intervene is to create an amendment to be voted on by secret vote in the Chamber. As long as there is a single innocent person arrested and later acquitted, I think that the State cannot claim to be the guarantor of a legal right. civilization.”
In short, you should always be guaranteed…
“Yes, even though there are many colleagues in all parties who say they are guaranteed supporters, but then struggle to remain so when an investigation touches on a political opponent or someone they don’t like.”
Source: IL Tempo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
