23-09-2026 15:11Right to report: editor of l’Immediato acquitted
Right to report and defamation: the Court of Foggia acquits the editor of l’Immediato (judgment no. 2197/2026) With reasons delivered together with the verdict, the single judge held that the justification under Article 51 of the Italian Criminal Code applied:...
26-06-2026 10:14Probation and aggravated offences: Cass. 21625/2026
Probation and aggravated offences: the Court of Cassation widens access but strengthens the duty to give reasons Can a person charged with an aggravated offence apply for suspension of proceedings with probation (messa alla prova)? The question, far from theoretical,...
22-06-2026 16:40Voluntary judicial supervision: Joint Divisions 21077/2026
Voluntary judicial supervision and anti-mafia prohibitory notices: the full review power of the prevention court (Cass., Joint Criminal Divisions, no. 21077/2026) With judgment no. 21077 of 2026 (filed on 8 June 2026; hearing of 11 December 2025; R.G.N. 7746/2025; Presiding...- 21-09-2021 13:16
Voluntary judicial supervision and anti-mafia prohibitory notices – Court of Cassation 2021
Note on judgments no. 17817/21, no. 17818/21 and no. 27704/21 This contribution highlights in particular three rulings of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, filed in July 2021, on voluntary judicial supervision following an anti-mafia prohibitory notice, concerning both purely... - 08-07-2021 10:47
Cass. pen. sec. VI 28/10/2020, no. 36317 – Hotelier’s embezzlement of tourist tax after the Relaunch Decree: the Court of Cassation rules out abolitio criminis
On the well-known question of whether embezzlement can be charged in cases of failure to pay over the tourist tax following the entry into force of the so-called Relaunch Decree, the Court of Cassation ruled out that the new... - 19-03-2021 11:46
Cass. pen. sec. VI 21/10/2020, no. 34086 – Domestic abuse: no family relationship between people using a flat as a base for clandestine meetings
Upholding a precautionary appeal brought by Michele Vaira himself, the Court of Cassation ruled on domestic abuse under Article 572 of the Criminal Code. In particular, the Supreme Court held that the relationship between two people who, conducting a clandestine... - 22-05-2020 11:18
Cass. pen. sec. 4, 19/5/2020, no. 15331 – The judge too may not ask questions that could impair the sincerity of the answers
HEADNOTE The prohibition on asking questions that could impair the sincerity of the answers, in the dual sense of “leading” questions – in the meaning the term has in judicial language of questions that tend to suggest the answer to...
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