ANSA Cronaca23 hours agoLaw1 min readItaly

Criminal lawyers: 'The repressive response to the demonstrations is not the right path'

President Francesco Petrelli contests the government's approach after the stops and searches during the marches

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Francesco Petrelli, president of the Union of Italian Criminal Chambers, criticizes the recent repressive response to the demonstrations, defining it as symbolic and in tension with the constitutional principles of specificity and personality of criminal responsibility.

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The statements follow a series of searches and stops that took place during street demonstrations, which also involved minors.

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"There is no doubt that there is a desire to raise the level of the repressive response to the demonstrations but, frankly, I do not believe that it is the right path to follow both in terms of the judicial response and in terms of the introduction of new rules that come into tension with the constitutional principles of the specificity and personality of criminal responsibility". Francesco Petrelli, president of the Union of Italian Criminal Chambers, told ANSA regarding the searches and arrests for yesterday's demonstrations, which also involved minors.

"The response to deviant phenomena must be proportionate - he highlights - and in this case we see that there is rather a symbolic response to show the muscular nature of the government's response".

Open Questions

Which specific rules are contested by the Criminal Chambers Union?
How will the government respond to the criticisms raised?