I remember reading somewhere, somebody said that "there will be a real change and improvement in the fight against the mafia, NOT when the last fugitive will be arrested, but when the first politician who protected them will be arrested". To this, I would add that there woul be a real change for the better when the first national-level politician will finally get a murder conviction in the 41bis hard prison regime.

Unfortunately, many naive people honestly don't believe (or pretend not to) that politicians have ordered many mafia murders during Toto' Riina's time in power. They would deserve 41bis, not that bullshit "house arrest" where they are even allowed to leave their houses sometimes and there are no guards at the doors.

In my opinion, a murder sentence for a politician wouldn't be a "dishonor" or "scandal" for the country at all, but a sign of honesty and the proof that the law finally started working for everyone, just this once. Unfortunately, most likely this will never happen. Only Giulio Andreotti once came close when he was sentenced to 24 years for murder, but the supreme court got him off, they thought it would be too "scandalous" to convict for murder somebody who has been the Italian prime minister 7 times.