Prodi Frees the Prisoners
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Mon, 2006-08-07 19:38
A quote from The Sunday Telegraph, 6 August 2006
An amnesty that freed more than 5,000 inmates from Italian jails backfired when dozens of the former prisoners reoffended – and were back behind bars within hours.
[...] The most serious case was in the northern city of Udine where plumber Piero Melis, 53, was released early from an eight-month sentence for attacking his wife Carla – only to be rearrested less than six hours later after allegedly trying to strangle her. There have been dozens of similar incidents.
[...] In Genoa, Milan, Palermo, Rome and Trieste, former prisoners were involved in crimes ranging from assault, breaking and entering, attempted car theft and armed robbery. There were also fears that many foreign inmates released could have Islamic terrorist links.
no need for concern
Submitted by JimMtnViewCaUSA on Mon, 2006-08-07 20:58.
In the US we are going through a debate now. The center-right (Republicans) have been acting poorly, overspending and so on. Some want to punish them by withholding their vote. However, our center-right (Democrats) are likely to do stuff as stupid as the prisoner release.
The Italian justice minister is quoted as saying: "The prospect that some would reoffend was always considered and anticipated but it is of no cause for concern."
True enough for the elites who live in gated communities and have private guards, etc.