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Prosecutors Drop Appeal in Cecchettin Case, Making Turetta’s Life Sentence Final

The decision renders the 2024 life sentence final, ending the case before any appeal hearing.

Overview

  • Turetta had already withdrawn his own appeal in a handwritten letter accepting the life term and expressing remorse.
  • With both sides renouncing appeals, there will be no second-instance trial and the planned November 14 hearing is canceled.
  • The Venice assize court on December 3, 2024 convicted Turetta of voluntary homicide with premeditation and an affective relationship aggravator, as well as kidnapping and concealment of a corpse.
  • Prosecutors had initially sought on appeal to add the aggravating circumstances of cruelty and stalking that the trial court excluded.
  • Lawyers for the Cecchettin family called the closure coherent and urged channeling their loss into awareness and prevention of gender-based violence.