Quirinale: Mattarella signs four pardons

Rome, 24 September (LaPresse) – The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has signed four pardons, in accordance with Article 87, paragraph 11, of the Constitution, on which the Minister of Justice has given a favourable opinion following the conclusion of the required preliminary investigation. This is according to a statement from the Quirinale. The clemency measures concern: Finotello Gabriele, born in 1991, sentenced to nine years and four months’ imprisonment for the voluntary murder of his father committed in February 2021. “In granting the pardon, which extinguished the entire remaining sentence to be served (equivalent to four years and three months’ imprisonment), the Head of State took into account the favourable opinions expressed by the Attorney General and the Supervisory Magistrate, the health conditions of the convicted person and the particular context in which the crime took place, characterised by repeated acts of violence and threats by the victim against his family members,” the statement reads. The second decree concerns Zen Massimo, born in 1971, sentenced to a total of nine years and six months’ imprisonment for the crimes of voluntary manslaughter and unlawful interception of communications, committed in 2017. “In granting partial pardon – which has extinguished three years and three months of the prison sentence still to be served – the President of the Republic took into account the favourable opinion expressed by the Supervisory Magistrate, the compensation for damages agreed upon with the victim’s relatives, and the health conditions of the convicted person. As a result of the Head of State’s decision, the person concerned will have to serve a sentence of no more than four years’ imprisonment, a limit that allows the Supervisory Court to apply the institution of probationary placement in social services (Article 47 of the Prison System),” explains the Quirinale.