Overview
- The Supreme Court’s fifth criminal section confirmed Marco Bianchi’s life sentence as definitive for the 2020 killing in Colleferro.
- Judges ordered a third appeal for Gabriele Bianchi focused solely on re-evaluating the discretionary mitigating factors previously granted.
- The procurator general’s appeal was upheld after contesting the attenuanti generiche that had reduced Gabriele’s sentence to 28 years in March 2024.
- Gabriele’s mitigation had been based on schooling, university enrollment, courses, prison work and a family program viewed as signs of rehabilitation.
- Convictions for co-defendants Francesco Belleggia (23 years) and Mario Pincarelli (21 years) are already final, and the new review could expose Gabriele to a life term.