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On 15 June 1988, the Court of Assizes of Venice appealed both for the beginning of imprisonment
This reverses what happened. Sources say the Venice appellate court released both men in June 1988 because the maximum pretrial detention time had expired.
Full reasoning
The article's wording is factually backward.
Reliable sources describe the 15 June 1988 decision as a release, not the start of imprisonment:
- la Repubblica states: "Il 15 giugno 1988 la Corte d'Assise d'Appello di Venezia rimise in libertà entrambi per decorrenza dei tempi di carcerazione..." In English: the Venice Court of Assizes of Appeal set both men free because the custody time limits had run out.
- l'Unità likewise reported that Abel and Furlan had been "scarcerati per decorrenza dei termini" — released because the legal time limit had expired.
So the claim that the court "appealed both for the beginning of imprisonment" is incorrect; it states the opposite of what the cited reporting says happened.
2 sources
- Ludwig, Furlan verso la libertà – la Repubblica
Il 15 giugno 1988 la Corte d'Assise d'Appello di Venezia rimise in libertà entrambi per decorrenza dei tempi di carcerazione e ordinò a Furlan il soggiorno obbligato a Casale di Scodosia.
- Arriva «Ludwig», ospite sgradito – l'Unità (17 giugno 1988)
Marco Furlan e Wolfgang Abel, già condannati a trent’anni per le stragi di Ludwig e scarcerati per decorrenza dei termini.
on 10 April 1999, the Court of Appeal of Venice, presided by Nicola Lercario, had sentenced him to 27 years' imprisonment, with the sentence being confirmed on 11 February 1991 by the Court of Cassation
The year 1999 is wrong. Sources place this appellate sentence on 10 April 1990, which fits the 11 February 1991 Cassation confirmation that followed.
Full reasoning
This date is incorrect and creates an impossible chronology.
Reliable sources state that Marco Furlan's appellate sentence to 27 years was issued on 10 April 1990, not 1999, and that it was then confirmed by the Court of Cassation on 11 February 1991:
- la Repubblica writes that during his fugitive period, the Venice Court of Appeal, presided over by Nicola Lercario, sentenced Furlan "il 10 aprile del 1990" to 27 years, a penalty confirmed on 11 February 1991 by the Court of Cassation.
- The academic journal Venetica likewise says the appeal judgment came on 10 April 1990, reducing the sentence from 30 to 27 years.
So "1999" is a factual error; the correct year is 1990.
2 sources
- Ludwig, Furlan verso la libertà – la Repubblica
Durante la latitanza, la Corte d'Appello di Venezia, presieduta da Nicola Lercario, aveva condannato Furlan in contumacia a 27 anni di carcere il 10 aprile del 1990. Pena confermata l'11 febbraio 1991 dalla Corte di Cassazione.
- Ludwig, un caso chiuso? – Venetica 19/2009
Sono costretti al domicilio coatto in piccoli centri del padovano fino alla sentenza di appello che, il 10 aprile 1990, conferma la condanna di primo grado, ma riduce la pena da trent’anni a ventisette.