Vigilante Killer Gets Released, Widow of Murdered Tobacconist Says 'He'll Be Unhappy for Life'

"Even if he celebrated, he will remain unhappy: where there is no love, there can be no joy."

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Thus, Daniela Esposito, widow of Ulderico Esposito - the tobacconist who died after a month of agony in hospital, following an argument with a young Nigerian inside the Chiaiano station, in Naples, which occurred last June 9th - comments on the leave of absence granted to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of one of the three young killers of the security guard Francesco della Corte, killed on March 3, 2018. "It's shameful - she adds - they believe that our women are victims of everyday life. Ulderico and Francesco Della Corte They were brutally murdered, and no day release can be granted to those guilty of such heinous crimes. I wonder what kind of parents allowed it, knowing that their son killed an honest worker and father. I can only think that the devil has taken possession of their souls. Annamaria (Francesco Della Corte's widow, ed.) and I have become friends, and she agrees. I wonder how those who granted the leave would have behaved if the blood of one of their family members had been shed," concludes Daniela Eaposito.

"How can you blame him?" This is how the head of the State Police, Franco Gabrielli, responded in Naples to those who asked him about the anger of the family of the slain vigilante over the permit given to one of the killers. "The problem is that this country will die of regulatory bulimia," he said. "Legislatures are constantly being passed that ultimately fail to produce any effect; a comprehensive overhaul is needed. The problem is that one-off legislative interventions sometimes cause more damage than existing ones. There's a magic word that, however, has always had little success in our country: reform."
"Ciccio was a good man, who didn't deserve that death: those celebrations killed him for the second time." This is the emphasis of criminologist Antonella Formicola, who closely followed the murder of security guard Francesco Della Corte, killed in the Piscinola metro station in Naples on March 3, 2018. "What kind of justice is this? The sense of impunity in our country has reached unbearable levels. Some measures and sentences," she states, "are truly astonishing. How can we hope to feel protected? The principle of due process, a principle that must be absolutely respected, is unfortunately becoming an 'excessive do-goodism.'" "Those who kill," concludes Antonella Formicola, "must pay: murderers must celebrate their 18th birthday in prison, otherwise we will send the message that in Italy, criminals go unpunished."