Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/13/2019

Subject: The judgment found the violation of article 3 of the Convention with regard to the irreducible life sentence, which excludes the possibility to reduce the sanction for mafia crimes except from the case of collaboration of the convicted with judicial authorities

Parties: Marcello Viola c. Italia (no. 2)

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments