The Association Errorigiudiziari.com recently published data relating to judicial errors in Italy, highlighting a phenomenon that continues to arouse concern and indignation. In the national context, the Sicily emerges as one of the most affected regions from this problem, with a series of cases that highlight the critical issues of our judicial system.
The numbers in Sicily
In the top 10 of unjust detention in 2022, two Sicilian cities come close to the podiumstanding out respectively at fourth and fifth place of the ranking. We are talking about Palermo with 43 cases And Catania with 37. Data that is worrying and which demonstrates a worsening compared to the 2021 findings, where almost seven million euros of compensation in Sicily alone included the city of Palermo “Alone” in sixth position with over four million four hundred thousand euros refundedand the city of Catania in ninth place with over one million seven hundred thousand euros compensated.
During 2023the total sum of compensation paid in Sicily for unjust detention has reached the figure of 6.6 million euros. This amount translates into a average compensation for each victim of approximately 48,782 EUR. Also in the same year, the Italian courts of appeal issued a total of 619 payment ordersof which a significant percentage of 21.1% specifically affected Sicily. This data highlights the broad scope of the issue of compensation in the region, highlighting a significant involvement of Sicilian judicial bodies in cases of maljustice.
The situation in Italy
According to data collected up to 31 December 2023, the total number of cases of wrongful detention and miscarriages of justice in the strict sense in Italy it has been 31,397 since 1991, with an average of just over 951 cases per year. These cases represent a painful reality of innocent people who have suffered injustice due to errors in the justice system.
Numbers that underline the urgency of addressing the problem and adopting concrete measures to prevent further injustices. The situation is particularly worrying considering that behind every figure there are human stories, lives interrupted and families destroyed. It therefore becomes essential to guarantee a fair and reliable judicial system, capable of protecting the rights of citizens and ensuring fair protection even for those who are unjustly accused.
The data analysis also highlights a restrictive tendency on the part of the State in granting compensation to victims of unjust detention, with the majority of applications rejected or paid with minimal amounts. This raises important questions about compensation policies and the need to guarantee adequate compensation to victims of judicial errors.
Against bad justice
In fact, in 2023 she was born in Palermo the Sicilian association for victims of bad justice “to defend those who suffer documented injustices from the judicial police, magistrates, prefects, journalists, endorsements and harassment in the name of a law that is not the same for everyone”.
The fight against judicial errors in Sicily requires urgent intervention and concrete commitments from the institutions to guarantee the protection of the fundamental rights of all citizens. Only through a transparent, fair and efficient judicial system will it be possible to prevent further human tragedies and re-establish trust in an institution that has long struggled to gain the consensus of citizens, who seem to have shown, for several years, widespread skepticism towards our judicial system.
