The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice system
FILE - Pope Francis attends a meeting with the participants of the 50th Social Week of Catholics in Italy, in Trieste, Italy, on July 7, 2024. , amid criticism that Pope Francis' absolute power and his interventions in the recently-concluded “trial of the century” violated the defendants’ fundamental rights. following criticism that Pope Francis' absolute power and his interventions in the so-called.
The four secret executive decrees were signed by the pope in 2019 and 2020, giving Vatican prosecutors wide-ranging powers to investigate, including via unchecked wiretapping and to deviate from existing laws in allowing them to detain suspects without a judge's warrant. The decrees only came to light right before trial, were never officially published, provided no rationale or timeframe for the surveillance or detention, or oversight by an independent judge.
Geraldina Boni, a canon lawyer who provided a legal opinion for the defense of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, has written that the decrees represented a clear violation of the right to a fair trial since the suspects didn't know about the broad powers granted to prosecutors. One defendant who came in for questioning was jailed for 10 days by prosecutors.
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