Mattarella signs three pardons: one of them is for a jeweller who killed two robbers

Three pardons have been granted, with the approval of the Minister of Justice and following the usual preliminary investigation. In two cases, the names cannot be disclosed for privacy reasons. Undoubtedly, the case that will attract the most attention is that of Guido Gianni, born in 1960, who was sentenced to 12 years and 4 months’ imprisonment for the offences of double murder and attempted murder committed in 2008 during an attempted robbery of which he was the victim in his own jewellery shop. Mattarella has granted him a partial pardon, remitting 3 years and 2 months of his sentence following a favourable opinion from the supervisory judge and in view of the time already served. As a result, the prisoner now has four years of his sentence remaining, which would allow the Supervisory Court to consider placing him on probation under the supervision of social services.

In the other two cases, only the initials of the names are known. These are A.A., born in 1972, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for offences relating to drug dealing and other offences, for which the convicted person has already served part of the sentence. For the remaining five years and five months, the President chose to exercise clemency in view of the “extremely serious and irreversible health conditions of the convicted person”, on account of which a deferral of the sentence’s enforcement had also been granted.

The other person to whom Mattarella granted a partial pardon – which reduced their prison sentence by one year and nine months – is also protected by anonymity for privacy reasons. We therefore know only their initials: G.B., born in 1981 and sentenced to 10 years for drug-related offences. The reason for this is the favourable opinion of the supervisory judge, who noted a well-established process of social, occupational and family reintegration. In this case too, the remaining sentence allows for release on probation.