That system really sucks... "he had to know"... so if you where once for some years the Roommate of Ted Bundy you would be charged for murder?
So there isn't any "benefit of the doubt" in Italy?
Spot on. This is beyond absurd.
I've read the main part of the sentence "motivations"(explanation) just publisehd in gazzetta. I don't speak Italian, but as I speak Portuguese I have a good idea of it. The sentence was based in 2 grounds:
1 - Stellini. Stellini used to be Conte's left arm, while Carrera is his right arm. Stellini confessed to have taken part in the bet deal involving one or two of those games. BUT HE NEVER ACUSED CONTE. THE JUDGE SIMPLY ASSUMED CONTE KNEW ALL OF THAT SHIT, because a very important man of his staff and man of hist trust knew and took part of it.
2 - Carobbio. The judge said Carobbio could not be deemed as a pathologic liar, but as someone not completely trustable. Which doesn't mean none of his words have value. The judge says that Carobbio accused Conte when he was already free and didn't depend on it to get rid of the accusation. That people's words should be doubted when they have their freedom endangered and have to lie to scape prison, and that's not that case. So the judge didn't see a reason not to trust Carobbio's words, since he didn't have a reason to lie.
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Now, my opinion. I'm a lawyer in Brazil. I can tell u that the criminal justice (even though this is not properly criminal justice, but the principles are definitely used) in every democratic country is based on 2 principles:
1 - Assumption of inocence - you can only be considered guilty after the sentence
2 - Benefit of doubt - someone can only be condemned when the judge is COMPLETELY SURE AND CERTAIN of guilty. With you have doubts, you can't condemn someone. It's better to let a guilty man free than send an innocent man to jail. In other words, YOU DON'T ASSUME ANY GUILTY. The only thing you assume is innocence. You need substantial evidence to prove guilty. If you don't have it, and you have doubts - you don't condemn. Assumption of innocence.
This is why this sentence is beyond absurd. The judge expressed, with his own words, that based on Stellini's confession, he assumed that Conte was involved or at least knew what was going on.
And now CONI's president tell Juve to shut up.
This is just ridiculous.