Italian Criminal Law

Law and order situation matters a lot for the prosperity and economic
growth of the countries. To handle crimes in the country legislation is
done. With the support of law enforcement agencies implementation of
these laws is made possible. Courts make judgments for various crimes in
the light of these laws.

The fascist government approved the first code for criminal procedure
for Italian Republic in 1930. The law was kept in exercise till
1988.Which is still in progress. Law making is not a joke as hundreds of
brains work day and nights, a series of negotiations and discussions
are made. E code is presented in parliament. The final script then got
approved from the parliament and signed by the President of the country.

Starting from the last quarter of the 19th century, considering
various psychological, geographical and economic factors legislation
procedure went on for many years. Scholars of various schools of thought
sat together to create an acceptable and feasible legislation script
for the country. The current legislation addresses the following areas.

The content of the criminal law deals in parties, preliminaries
investigation, judge for the preliminary investigation, interrogations,
notice of closure, trial , preliminary hearing, appeals, verdicts,
statutes of limitations, special proceedings and review of trial.
Articles which cover criminal legislations are from 1-95. These laws are
in progress in all the courts of the Italian Republic.

All
precautionary measures are adopted during the trial. The defendant and
prosecutor both can misguide the court with the legal support of their
lowers. The ultimate objective of these preclusions is to protect the
true evidenced and smooth proceeding of the trial. Every possibility of
government influence, bribery and security leakage is minimized. Courts
interpret these laws with full confidencs as Italian government has
given full legal authority to make maximum possible just decisions
especially in criminal cases.

All the judgments can be appealed in Cour of Appeals. The defendant and
prosecutor can go for appeal. The second judgment can also be
challenged before the Court of Cassation. Both the Courts have authority
to uphold, quash and modify the sentence. In some cases the Court of
Appeal can increase the penalty if the prosecutor proved to false. .

Like other developed countries Italian Courts treat children in a
different way. Separate jails are there for young age criminals. Various
training programmers are arranged so that after getting the full
punishment they could earn a respectable living and play their role in
the overall economic growth of the country.

Italian Courts have
special arrangements to minimize the time frame of all kinds of crimes
so that the prosecutor and the defendant can be supported at the same
time. Life time prison is minimized up to ten year in some cases under
the special allowed legal articles. In case of nonpayment of the fine ,
the time of prison may be increased as per the law.

Apart from
the special cases normally all the criminal cases are judged in the same
pattern, preliminary investigation, preliminary hearing, trial and
appeal. But some special fast track cases are finalized within a shorter
span of time.