Overview
- The Prosecutor General of Milan filed a Cassation appeal seeking annulment of the November appellate ruling and restoration of life imprisonment for Pifferi.
- The filing contests the grant of generic mitigating factors and the exclusion of the aggravating circumstance of trivial motives, arguing that media clamour is not a lawful parameter and would set a risky precedent.
- Prosecutors emphasize that Diana was left alone in a crib for nearly six days in high temperatures without sufficient food or liquids, leading to death by starvation.
- Psychiatric evaluations ordered at both trial levels concluded Pifferi had full capacity of understanding and will, undermining mitigation claims tied to diminished responsibility.
- The submission describes her as socially dangerous and requests supervised release after any prison term, as the Supreme Court now decides whether to uphold the 24-year sentence or remit for a new appellate hearing with civil parties also appealing.