“L’IMPRONTA” (THE FOOTPRINT) – THE LESSON OF GARLASCO AND THE PUBLIC’S TRUST IN JUSTICE, by GIANCARLA RONDINELLI, PUBLISHED BY RUBETTINO, IN BOOKSTORES NEXT WEEK
The journalist analyzes why the murder of Chiara Poggi became much more than a legal case.
When justice fails, not only are the fundamental principles of the rule of law compromised, but the foundations of social trust, which is essential for maintaining cohesion and peaceful coexistence, are also undermined.”
Giancarla Rondinelli, a journalist for Tg1, has been following all the most important media reports on the new investigation, which began exactly one year ago and is being conducted by the Pavia Public Prosecutor’s Office headed by Fabio Napoleone: the new suspect in the murder of Chiara Poggi, Andrea Sempio, his alibi, the 33rd fingerprint, the preliminary hearing, the expert reports, and the new work of the RIS (Scientific Investigation Unit), the intertwining of the case with the Brescia Public Prosecutor’s Office.
In this book, the author starts from the new facts and recounts how and when Garlasco went from being a legal case to a political case that concerns us all.
A book to understand how a legal case has also become a political issue that concerns us all.
The Garlasco case has captivated the entire country. Every new development in the investigation makes the news, is commented on social media, and becomes the subject of highly popular television talk shows. Why are we so involved in the events surrounding the murder of Chiara Poggi? Why do they still raise so many unresolved questions despite the long time that has passed?
Rondinelli writes: “The answer, albeit uncomfortable, lies in the fact that Garlasco highlights a deep and open rift in the relationship between citizens and justice… it is an unfinished lesson, showing that the distance between judicial truth and perceived truth is not a minor detail, but a fundamental part of democracy… Garlasco has shown that justice is credible not only when it closes a case, but when it manages to do so without leaving behind a long shadow of unresolved questions.”
