Not to sound derogatory but how long is ‘life in prison’ in Italy?
Well, at least the Italian government is responsive to its citizens. The rest of Europe is learning how to lay back and enjoy it.
“Not to sound derogatory but how long is ‘life in prison’ in Italy?”
Generally, in Europe, it winds up being 10 years (never longer, even for mass murderers), and only if the judge is in a bad mood.
You have to understand - the United States does (still) have a real “life in prison”, not to mention death penalty.
Europe, to show that they’re different, limits their terms to 10 years...to show how humane they are.
...that is unless it’s your innocent daughter being raped by one of these early releases.
Until all orifices have DNA samples from fifty different men, I would imagine.
“Not to sound derogatory but how long is ‘life in prison’ in Italy?”
- According to wikipedia:
“Life imprisonment (ergastolo in Italian) has an indeterminate length. After 10 years (8 in case of good behavior) the prisoner may be given permission to work outside the prison during the day, or to spend up to 45 days a year at home. After 26 (or 21 in case of good behavior) years, they may be paroled. The admission to work outside the jail or to be paroled needs to be approved by a special court (Tribunale di Sorveglianza) which determines whether or not an inmate is suitable for libertà condizionata (parole). Prisoners sentenced for associations with either mafia activities or terrorism that do not cooperate with law enforcement agencies are not eligible for parole.
Under any circumstance, however, the admission to parole is not easy. An inmate that has received more than one life sentence has to spend a period from 6 months to 3 years in solitary confinement. In 1994, the Constitutional Court ruled that giving a life sentence to a person under the age of 18 was cruel and unusual.”
I wonder if Italy might be tougher on maffia/terrorist crimes - at least in teory - than any other Western European/EU country in this sense?
Does anyone know?