Giovanni Falcone
Giovanni Falcone
Giovanni Falconewas an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia. After a long and distinguished career, culminating in the famous Maxi Trial in 1986-1987, he was killed by the Corleonesi Mafia in May 1992, on the A29 motorway near the town of Capaci...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth18 May 1939
CountryItaly
bows doe speak
He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.
support mafia alliances
One usually dies because one is alone, or because one has got into something over one's head. One often dies because one does not have the right alliances, because one is not given support. In Sicily the Mafia kills the servants of the State that the State has not been able to protect.