Ezio Mauro and Domenico Cacopardo found not guilty for the articles about the town of Rubi
The decision of the Court of Appeal of Catania has been taken eight years after the event. They had been sued in 2010 for defamation in print, by the administration of the municipality of Letojanni (Messina). At their first trial, the journalists Ezio Mauro, former editor-in-chief of La Repubblica and Domenico Cacopardo were each sentenced