Giulia Cecchettin was killed “not only” by the “violent hand” of Filippo Turetta. She was killed by the “justification and indifference” towards all these signals which precede feminicides. It is a very harsh reaction thatElena Cecchettin took to Instagram Stories to comment on the verdict that sentenced her sister’s 23-year-old ex-boyfriend to life imprisonment, but failed to acknowledge the worsening cruelty and harassment. A verdict which was disturbing and which today also saw the sending of an envelope containing three bullets to the office of lawyer Giovanni Caruso, Turetta’s defender. Not recognizing this aggravating circumstance, says Giulia’s sister who, through her force, changed the narrative on feminicides and imposed discussion on the subject like never before, means not only disrespecting the family.
The rant
This is “the umpteenth confirmation that institutions don’t care about women”. You are a victim “only if you are dead, what you suffer during your lifetime, you must manage alone”. And yet, gender violence “is not present only where the knife or the fist is, but well before”, is his reasoning which ends with a question: “how many women will not be able to put themselves safe from their executioner if even in the most obvious cases, guilt is not recognized? “. Words that arrive precisely on the day when his father, Gino Cecchettin, made a pact with the institutions to ensure that other fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters do not have to mourn other Giulias. At the Ministry of Education and Merit, Giulia’s father and Minister of Education Valditara, after a face-to-face meeting of more than an hour, signed a memorandum of understanding that will allow the Foundation born in name of the student to continue her “mission” in schools, to promote the culture of respect and education.
The foundation
“We have a common goal – said Valditara – which is to combat violence against women. We want to work concretely, seriously. We want to work together, we have developed a series of possible interventions, in particular a protocol between the Cecchettin Foundation and the ministry to identify common actions, which include, among other things, the training of teachers as part of the civic education course which provides for the first time respect education and respect education for women. The agreement also provides for the organization of meetings for young people, the creation of a joint working group and the verification of the results obtained. All this to ensure that this culture of respect becomes a common heritage. This is precisely what Cecchettin is proposing with the foundation named after Giulia: “It is the principle of cooperation – he said – towards common objectives. I think we gave a signal of respect for people with this meeting. Today we came together to talk about an existing social problem, from femicide to violence against women to mutual respect between the sexes. We will work on that.”
Turetta, life in prison
Filippo Turetta should have worked tirelessly on it, who spent his first night in prison in Verona after being sentenced to the maximum sentence. To Verona prison volunteers, the boy appeared “destroyed” and “with obvious psychological problems.” He continues to be detained in the third section – that of serious crimes – in a cell with other companions; he doesn’t work, takes a refresher course in English, reads books, and apparently is learning to play an instrument. From time to time, he meets his parents and his brother. But the maximum sentence – as the prosecutor and the various lawyers reminded us in the courtroom – does not mean “sentence never ends”. The Court of Assizes of Venice did not order daytime solitary confinement and, according to the law, in the case of exemplary behavior after 10 years (but one has already been served, so there are 9 left), he may be granted permission to follow professional training courses inside or outside the prison. After 26 years – 21 if the behavior is irreproachable – it will be possible to obtain semi-liberty. All this in any case after the examination by the Surveillance Court, and after the conviction has become final.
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