1. The trial, carried out in Palermo, was one of a series in the 1960s and 1970s that saw many mafia defendants acquitted for lack of evidence or—as was true in this cases of Badalamenti and Leggio—given only relatively light sentences (JD).
2. Cosa Nostra equates ‘valour’ with the ability efficiently, ruthlessly and discreetly to employ violence (JD).
3. Quotations from Professor Giovanni Verde, Vice President of the CSM, La Repubblica, 7 April 2000; dott. Gioacchino Natoli, member of the CSM, ibid; dott. Armando Spataro, member of the CSM, ibid.
4. The Italian ‘judiciary’ (magistratura) actually comprises both public prosecution and judicial offices. The Reform Commission is a body set up internal to the CSM that deals with the professional training of magistrates.
5. ‘Dissociation’ is used to describe a formula which would allow imprisoned men of honour to win certain concessions in return for renouncing their membership of Cosa Nostra and recognizing the authority of the state without, however, going as far as to collaborate with justice (JD).