The Italian mixed tribunal (corte d'assise) that tries the most serious criminal offences, composed of two professional judges and six lay judges drawn from the local citizenry, with a separate corte d'assise d'appello hearing appeals. A local corte d'assise sits in each judicial district; the Corte d'Assise of Perugia tried and convicted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a verdict later overturned on appeal and definitively acquitted by the Supreme Court of Cassation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Jurisdiction Scope
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: Amanda Knox Case, discussed there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Corte d'Assise
WikipediaComposition sectionQuote, Composition section
The Corte d'Assise is composed of two professional judges and six lay judges.
Wikipedia: Murder of Meredith Kercher (court reference)
WikipediaJury sectionQuote, Jury section
lay judges at the Corte d'Assise of Perugia.
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