Enzo Tortora
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Why Alberto Alemanno recommends Enzo Tortora
“Because his wrongful imprisonment became a catalyst for Italian judicial reform, and because he transformed personal injustice into a campaign for systemic change.”
Italian journalist and television presenter (1928-1988), host of the historic Sunday-evening variety show Portobello on RAI. In June 1983 he was arrested in front of the cameras on false charges of mafia association and drug trafficking, based on the testimony of unreliable informants. After seven months in prison and a four-year trial, he was fully acquitted in 1986 and died of cancer two years later. His case remains a defining reference in Italian debate on miscarriage of justice and the righ
- Place
- Milan, Italy
- Recommended by
- Alberto Alemanno
- Collections
- Arts & Culture · Co-Being · In Memoriam
Lombard
Perchè la soa incarcerazion ingiusta l'è diventada el motor de la riforma de la giustizia italiana, e perchè l'ha trasformaa on'ingiustizia personal in d'ona campagna per cambià el sistema.
Giornalista e presentador de television italian (1928-1988), conduttor del stòrich programma de varietaa de la domenega sira Portobello in su la RAI. In del giugn del 1983 l'è staa arrestaa denanz ai telecamer per accus fals de associazion mafiosa e de tràffegh de droga, sora la parolla de informador minga fidaa. Dopo sett mes de preson e quatter ann de process, l'è staa assolt del tutt in del 1986 e l'è mort de tumor duu ann dopo. El sò cas el resta on riferiment fondamental in del dibattit italian su l'error giudiziari e i diritt de l'accusaa.
