(ANSA) - Rome, November 6 - Italy's penal lawyers on Tuesday
called for the withdrawal of an amendment scrapping the statute
of limitations or else there would be "a tough fight".
They asked Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede to "pull the
amendment on the statute of limitations or face the harshest
initiatives and responses in defence of the constitutional right
of citizens to have a reasonable duration of trials".
The head of the Union of Penal Chambers, Gian Domenico
Caiazza, was speaking after meeting Minister Bonafede Tuesday.
Pull statute amendment or tough fight
Respect constitutional right to fair duration of trials