It seems incredible, but in Italy there are still positions of authority and positions that throughout history have never been in the hands of women. One of them is President of the Court of Cassation which, only starting next March 5, will for the first time go to Margaret Cassano.
For the first time in our country, a woman will head the Court of Cassation, the pinnacle of the ordinary Italian jurisdiction, the court of last resort, ensuring respect and uniform interpretation of the law. Margherita Cassano will take on the role proposed unanimously by the Commission on Leading Positions of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary. In fact, the final vote will take place on March 1 at a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, but so far this is only a formality. Cassano is currently the additional chairman of the Cassation and he will succeed Pietro Curzio as the highest ranking judge in the country..
Florentine, born in 1955, Cassano has been working in the Florence prosecutor’s office since 1980.. These were difficult years: terrorism, the assassination of the mayor of Florence, Lando Conti, the killings of the “Florence monster”, the massacre on the 904 express in December 1984 and, above all, the very serious problems associated with drug trafficking and drug addiction. . Cassano will deal in particular with this topic. Since 1982, he has been part of a group specializing in narcotics and organized crime, following in the footsteps of his father, Pietro Cassano, a magistrate who had presided over several trials in previous years, including that of Red Brigades founder Renato. Curcio. Her career as a justice of the peace then continued with the Anti-Mafia District Office until 1998 and then with the Supreme Judicial Council, where she remained until 2002. returning to Florence, where he presided over the Court of Appeal from 2016 to 2020. Now a new chapter begins, this time behind a glass ceiling.
Source: Elle