Antonino Caponnetto (5 September 1920 – 6 December 2002) was an
Italian Antimafia
magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judic ...
.
Biography
Caponnetto was born in
Caltanissetta in
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
. His career began in 1954 in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
, but he became famous only in 1983, after
Rocco Chinnici's assassination, when he took over his job in
Palermo
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.
Under his lead, the Antimafia pool of magistrates came to organise the first grand trial against
the Mafia. The pool included magistrates such as Chinnici,
Paolo Borsellino,
Giovanni Falcone
Giovanni Falcone (; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian ...
,
Giuseppe Di Lello and
Leonardo Guarnotta.
He retired in 1990, and engaged himself since then in political activities supporting legality and
social justice
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. In 1999 he organised the first "Legality meeting", an annual event that gathers journalists, magistrates and civil associations. The meetings are still held today.
He died from natural causes in 2002 in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
.
Orders
* 2nd Class / Knight: ''Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 2 June 1983
See also
Sicilian Center of Documentation The Sicilian Centre of Documentation ( it, Centro Siciliano di Documentazione "Giuseppe Impastato", Centro Impastato) organizes research into the Mafia in Sicily and campaigns against it. The Centre was the first study centre on the Mafia in Italy.
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References
External links
Fondazione Antonino Caponnetto
1920 births
2002 deaths
People from Caltanissetta
20th-century Italian judges
Antimafia
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