In 1977, it began in Turin the trial against some members of the Red Brigades; they were Renato Curcio, Alberto Franceschini, Paolo Maurizio Ferrari [it], and Prospero Gallinari.
The Court of Assizes rejected this claim of unconstitutionality, perhaps biased by the murder of a district attorney, Francesco Coco [it], by the Red Brigades occurred a few days before.
The book Life of a Lawyer (Italian: Vita d'un avvocato) by Franzo Grande Stevens was published by Cedam in 2000.
Il processo di Torino al nucleo storico delle Brigate rosse (English: Lawyer!
During some solemn commitment ceremonies and immediately after the ritual oath, the Council of the Milan Bar Association donated a copy of the film to each young new lawyer.
[9][10] Since 2014, a courtroom in the Palace of Justice in Ascoli Piceno is dedicated to Croce, "a perennial remembrance, victim of terrorism".
[11] On the fortieth anniversary of his death in 2018, the Criminal Chamber of western Piedmont remembered him as "a great lawyer who sacrificed his life in the name of the right to defense, an example for all citizens and also for us."
A letter sent to its members read: "He was barbarously killed because he did his duty, because he honoured the toga, and served the state, thus implementing the Constitution.