Andrea Vogt in Rome

The Italian supreme court has caused outrage after ruling that those convicted of gang rape do not have to be sentenced to jail.

Late on Thursday the court upheld a constitutional court decision to annul the jail sentence of two 19-year-old men found guilty of gang raping a 16-year-old near Rome. A lower court had ruled that jail was the only sentencing option, but the supreme court disagreed, saying judges could apply alternatives.

Critics said the ruling that prison was not automatic for group rape convictions could allow some rapists to go free. Two former equal opportunities ministers – Barbara Pollastrini from the Democratic party of the left and Mara Carfagna, a minister under the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi – both spoke out against the decision. "This sends the wrong message," Carfagna said.

The courts appear to be struggling with a tough decree passed by the Berlusconi government in 2009 mandating prison sentences for sex offenders.

The conservative parliamentarian Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, called the ruling "a time bomb waiting to explode". A long-time advocate for tougher anti-rape laws, Mussolini in 1999 donned jeans to protest inside parliament over another controversial supreme court rape decision, the so-called "denim defence". In that case, the court overturned a 34-month rape sentence in southern Italy, suggesting a woman could not be raped while wearing jeans since they were impossible to remove unless she helped.

In Italy, sexual assault was changed from a moral offence to a criminal felony in the 1990s. The former interior minister Roberto Maroni, who helped push through the 2009 decree, urged the government to make the law enforceable by the courts. "This sentence is not just a bad sentence. It is worse – it is dangerous," Maroni told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. "If we don't propose another law we are going to end up with Cain winning over Abel."

Italians are ferkin weired.

They think that if you fuck a man up the asshole, it means you ain`t a faggot.




Strange turd burglars. Its the Turk blood in many of em.

Italians are a pack of fruitcakes. Criminal tendencies

Supergirl, man that bitch is hot

I will SNEAK into Supermans house in the artic and bang Supergirl while he sleeps ( like I do to many of my gf, they love it)

I am ALPHA MALE

RogerPippen is probably on his way to Italy at this very minute. With Akeem (or what is left of him) happily decomposing in the trunk.

Richard1 wrote:

RogerPippen is probably on his way to Italy at this very minute. With Akeem (or what is left of him) happily decomposing in the trunk.

A little family vacation.Roger is such an old fashioned kind of rapist.

Hold on a moment. How can Roger be a rapist with a wet noodle for a doodle?

Richard1 wrote:

Hold on a moment. How can Roger be a rapist with a wet noodle for a doodle?

I guess Voodoo works on non-Christians?

Clean up that spic accent before Pip thinks you're saying your ass is for sale. Not that you would mind.

LTKilling wrote:

Supergirl, I am ALPHA MALE

look_and_laugh_at_my_stupid_ass wrote:

Italians are ferkin weired.

They think that if you fuck a man up the asshole, it means you ain`t a faggot.




Strange turd burglars. Its the Turk blood in many of em.

Since you are the resident FF assmaster and turd burglar, we'll take your word on it.

Thanks Turk.

Lord_Haw_Haw wrote:

Italians are a pack of fruitcakes. Criminal tendencies

Says the Asstralian. LOL...

Where are the beloved Gia and Berlu to weigh in on this? O cara mia!

Amanda knox was set free by Italians

BrasherBoot wrote:

Amanda knox was set free by Italians

While losing 4 years of her life in a 27 year sentence. Meanwhile the real killer is serving a 15 year sentence.