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Terry Kirby best known work as a crime reporter was covering miscarriages of justice such as the case of the Birmingham Six, six men who were falsely convicted of the deadly Birmingham pub bombings in 1974 and released in 1991.

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel, il fischio finale (The Final Blow).

Academic advisor Genny Chiarandon remembers her mother’s emotional reaction to the murder of Sicilian judge and prosecuting magistrate Giovanni Falcone by the mafia in 1992. She remembers comparing Falcone to the character Achilles–her class was reading Homer at the time–who was also aware he was fated for a premature death.

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel, il fischio finale (The Final Blow).