Overview

• Judges on the Tribunale di sorveglianza di Verona rejected the request on September 23, keeping Forti in custody.
• Forti, 66, is held at Montorio prison in Verona after his May 2024 return to Italy on a state flight.
• Attorney Carlo Dalla Vedova said the defense will evaluate an appeal to the Corte di Cassazione.
• Forti was convicted in the United States in 2000 and sentenced to life for the murder of Australian businessman Dale Pike.
• The conditional-release hearing took place on September 17, and relatives later cited his conduct in detention as irreproachable while asserting he meets Italian requirements for release.