I've always been surprised by that ruling. A decision that went against the jurisprudence ", affirms the lawyer Franco Coppi, one of the defenders of Silvio Berlusconi, commenting the audio of the speaker of the working section of the Court of Cassation, Amedeo Franco (who died in May last year) who sentenced the ex Prime Minister for tax fraud in the Mediaset trial Franco in the audio calls the process a "firing squad" claiming that the affair "was led from above".
"Franco - continues Coppi - has always been considered as a prepared judge and a gentleman. It is evident that he found himself in a minority in the council chamber, a council chamber where, according to the same speaker, there was not even discussion. It should not be underestimated that at the bottom of that decision was the signature of all the judges ". The criminal lawyer then added: "what prompted Franco to tell everything to Berlusconi himself, this I don't know. One thing is certain: such a thing in my career had never happened to me".