“Because it is necessary to decriminalize the crime of abuse of office”. The jurist Stortoni speaks

“Article 323 of the penal code has always demonstrated a physiological uselessness and a pathological danger”, says Luigi Stortoni, professor emeritus of criminal law at the University of Bologna

“Article 323 of the penal code, the one on abuse of office, has always demonstrated a physiological uselessness and a pathological danger. For this reason it would be an excellent solution to decriminalize the crime, replacing it with an offense punished on an administrative level”. He declares it, interviewed by Il Foglio, Louis Stortoniprofessor emeritus of Criminal Law at the University of Bologna, heard on this issue in recent days by the Justice Commission of the Chamber, which is examining the proposals to amend the abuse of office (waiting for the Minister of Justice, Charles Nordioput your proposal on the table).