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A. Martufi is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The rise of penal populism in a non-punitive country?

Is Italy a non-punitive society? David Nelken once famously described the Italian juvenile system as lenient for offenders. Recently, however, the country has seen a shift towards penal populism.

Adriano Martufi • 28-01-2025

Criminal Law and Criminology

Pilate washes his hands. The CJEU misses an opportunity to rule on pre-trial detention

The very recent ruling of the CJEU in DK (C-653/19 PPU, 28 November 2019) confirms the limited applicability of Directive 2016/343 on the presumption of innocence and fails to deal with overuse of pre-trial detention across the EU.

Adriano Martufi + 1 other • 11-12-2019