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Nordio says Stasi was convicted without a retrial, but the appeal hearing was reopened
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio criticized the process that led to Alberto Stasi’s conviction for the 2007 murder of Chiara Poggi in Garlasco, Italy.
Nordio said Stasi had been acquitted twice before being convicted without a new trial.
But after Italy’s Supreme Court overturned the first appeal acquittal in 2013, a new appeal hearing reopened the evidence.
The hearing lasted eight months and included three new expert examinations and additional evidence.
One issue was a black bicycle that had not been seized during the first investigation; its pedals were linked to another bicycle on which biological traces of Poggi had been found.
The Supreme Court later upheld Stasi’s conviction.
Nordio has connected the case to his argument that Italy’s criminal justice system needs reform.
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said Alberto Stasi was convicted after two acquittals without a new trial.
The account in Il Fatto Quotidiano says the appeal hearing was reopened and new evidence and expert reports were considered.
The Court of Cassation overturned the first appeal acquittal in 2013 and ordered a new examination of the evidence.
The second appeal hearing lasted eight months and ended in a conviction that the Court of Cassation later upheld.
Nordio cited the case in arguing that Italy’s criminal procedure system needed reform.
- Who
- Justice Minister Carlo Nordio commented on Alberto Stasi’s conviction.
- What
- Nordio said Stasi was convicted after two acquittals without a new trial; the article says the appeal hearing was reopened and new evidence and expert reports were considered.
- When
- Nordio made the remarks at the Festival of Optimism; the article was published on 10 October 2026.
- Where
- The event was held in Florence, Italy.
- Why
- Nordio linked the case to his argument that the criminal procedure system needed reform.
Carlo Nordio
Il Fatto Quotidiano's account of the appeal process
Basis for conviction
Carlo Nordio
Stasi was convicted on the same evidence on which he had been acquitted, without a new trial.
Il Fatto Quotidiano's account of the appeal process
The appeal hearing was reopened, with additional evidence and three new expert reports.
Legal process
Carlo Nordio
The conviction after two acquittals showed a problem with the system.
Il Fatto Quotidiano's account of the appeal process
The Court of Cassation overturned the first appeal acquittal and called for a new examination of the evidence and the method used to assess it.
If, as the law says, you can be convicted only beyond a reasonable doubt, in the case cited, Stasi was acquitted once, then a second time, and then in the end, without holding the trial again from scratch, he was convicted on the basis of the same evidence on which he had been acquitted
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missing link
A black bicycle was seen leaning against the wall of the Poggi family home at around 9 a.m.
The Court of Cassation overturned the first appeal acquittal and called for a new examination of the circumstantial evidence.
The Milan Court of Assizes of Appeal reopened the hearing, ordered further checks and evidence, and commissioned three new expert reports.
The hearing lasted eight months and ended in a conviction later upheld by the Court of Cassation.
Nordio spoke about the case at the Festival of Optimism in Florence.
- Person discussed
- Alberto Stasi
- Minister
- Carlo Nordio
- Court action
- The Court of Cassation overturned the first appeal acquittal in 2013
- Second appeal hearing
- Lasted eight months
- New expert reports
- Three
- Bicycle sighting
- Black bicycle seen at around 9 a.m. on 13 August 2007
Sources
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