December 27, 2007 Grace or justice? The President of the Republic has received a request for clemency by Giuseppe Lipera, Bruno Contrada's lawyer, former head of SISDE definitively sentenced to ten years for complicity with the Mafia. The request is based on the health of Contrada. A request for an error in this regard, as the Head of State wished to point out, explaining that: "Any decision regarding the deferment of the sentence, based on the severity of the health of the convicts who are serving in prison, as it is known exclusive jurisdiction of the Judiciary surveillance. " Bruno Contrada has served until now only seven months in prison Santa Maria Capua Vetere, found that the grace and health are two different things, if the judiciary deems relevant may be taken the necessary steps for an eventual institutionalization of Contrada. The pardon for a State official convicted of mafia activities can not be "a duty" as claimed by the Minister of Justice, conditions are not met, nor the repentance that has not happened, nor a partnership with the judiciary, that there ' was. The judgments must be respected and age of Contrada is not an excuse it needed to go from victim. Should the family wish to can apply for a review of the process, the grace can not be a shortcut to avoid a conviction for Mafia association.
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