Life imprisonment for Filippo Turetta, the murderer of poor Giulia Cecchettin. Justice has been done it is said in these cases, but this time there is more. In the text, that is, in the merits, and in the context. The context is that of a feminicide that, without detracting from other tragedies, has become a symbol and a battleground for cultural and political battles as well. The victim’s sister and especially the father have not only become testimonials of a pain that has become public knowledge, but have done activities of denunciation, knowledge and prevention. I say this beyond ideological polemics about patriarchy that are often misleading. The punishment in these cases is only one element of the issue but that it was maximum means that towards the perpetrator justice did its job without ifs and buts and without wavering or ambiguity or strange extenuating circumstances.
The fact that a few days ago another feminicide that had caused discussion because of its cruelty and coldness (Alessandro Impagnatiello executioner of Giulia Tramontano) ended in life imprisonment says that at this historical moment on a decisive social issue the certainty of punishment is there and how. I have always fought for the certainty of punishment, which in certain circles is viewed with reactionary, penalist and right-wing suspicion, because it is instead a guarantee of democracy for other citizens. They know that those who do wrong pay proportionately for their mistakes, in this case taking the lives of young women.
Will this help stop a terrible phenomenon? Probably not, but civilization gives a signal. Then it’s up to all of us to do the rest.
The article Life imprisonment and feminicide comes from TheNewyorker.
