Gerardo D'Ambrosio

thumb|Gerardo D'Ambrosio Gerardo D'Ambrosio (1930-2014) was an Italian magistrate and politician. Quotes They [the politicians] created this terrible climate. We simply uncovered and prosecuted acts that were defined as crimes by law. Then there are still some who are ashamed and commit suicide. Quoted in Gianni Barbacetto, Peter Gomez e Marco Travaglio, Mani pulite. La vera storia, 20 anni dopo, Chiarelettere, 2012, p. 73. ISBN 978-88-6190-053-0 Evidence is needed for a conviction, and only assumptions and circumstantial evidence were presented at the trial. Among these, one seemed decisive to me, but in the opposite direction to that of the prosecution. The findings showed that just below the window from which Pinelli had fallen there was a cornice that the body had chipped on impact. This proved that he had fallen on it. If it had been a defenestration, the defenestrators would have avoided that impact, which could have compromised the outcome. Quoted in Indro Montanelli, Soltanto un giornalista. Testimonianza resa a Tiziana Abate, Rizzoli, Milano, 2002, cap. 27, pp. 290-291. ISBN 88-17-12991-7 [Regarding the controversy over the publication of telephone wiretaps between the top management of Rai and Mediaset] This is not a matter of the private life of an individual, but of the management of a public information body, and therefore the rules of privacy that apply to individual citizens and their private lives cannot be invoked in this case. It would be unthinkable that this material could not be published. Do we want to go back to the Italy of 80 years ago, when fascist censorship was in force and the press was given directives to follow? This is why Article 21 of the Constitution states that journalists cannot be subject to authorization or censorship. And if someone had prevented the publication of these reports, we would be faced with a kind of censorship. From an interview of Liana Milella, "Non pubblicare quelle conversazioni sarebbe un ritorno alla censura fascista", la Repubblica; quoted in Senato.it, 23 November 2007 External links Category:1930 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Judges from Italy Category:Politicians from Italy