Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 20:29:14 +1000
From: Steve Wright <sjwright-AT-rocketmail.com> (by way of pmargin-AT-xchange.anarki.net (Profit Margin))
Subject: AUT: Negri Update (fwd)


I just received this from one of the people running the Amnesty for Toni
Negri website, which I must confess I hadn't seen before. It is
well-maintained and documented - worth a visit . . .

Steve

> http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~forks/TNmain.htm
>

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> Negri Update, 10 May 1998
>
> Toni Negri remains in Rebibbia prison in Rome and
his personal situation
> has not changed significantly since he returned to
Italy almost a year
> ago.  He has requested to begin a procedure that
leads toward parole but
> as yet his requests have not been granted.  The
procedure involves a
> series of stages of greater freedom and the stages
can vary depending on
> the discretion of the parole judge.  In many cases,
the inmate is first
> granted one or two furloughs of 2 days each, and if
all goes well he or
> she can request a limited external work arrangement
(designated article
> 21) which allows the inmate to leave the prison
several days a week under
> strict surveillance.  If that goes well and if the
inmate has completed at
> least half of the sentence, he or she can ask for a
more liberal external
> work arrangement with less surveillance.  The final
stage is parole.
>
> In January 1998 Negri's parole judge, Longo,
refused his request for the
> first stage on the basis of the police report that
claimed he posed a
> danger of fleeing.  The appeal of Judge Longo's
decision was also refused.
> Negri is now waiting for a decision on his second
request.  It  appears
> that the police have filed no report this time and
thus they pose  no
> obstacle.  The best-case scenario would be that
judge Longo grants a
> furlough and moves quickly to the restricted
external work arrangement.
>
> One complication is that Negri has just been
convicted of a new charge in
> Milan (again relating to events in the 1970s) that
could add over 3 years
> to his sentence.  The sum of his old sentences,
which originally totaled
> over 30 years, had over time been reduced to just
over 9 years.  Counting
> the 4 years 3 months he served before leaving for
France, this past year
> had taken him over the half-way point.  With the
addition of the new Milan
> conviction he will have to wait an extra period
before reaching the
> half-way point again and being eligible for the
more liberal external work
> arrangement.
>
> The prospects for a collective political solution
have not advanced
> significantly either.  Italian politicians continue
to discuss the
> possibility of an amnesty or an "indulto" (a
reduction of the extra
> sentences for political crimes), but there is no
sign that they will act
> soon.
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