Original sentence: A joke about Andreotti had him receiving a phone call from a fellow party member, who pleaded with him to attend judge Giovanni Falcone's funeral.But the eighty-three-year-old Andreotti was immediately released pending an appeal.During the first stages of Tangentopoli he was left untouched but in April 1993 he was investigated for having mafia relations.He has been accused and convicted of having Mafia contacts, although he avoided formal conviction due to statutory limitations.He was sentenced to twenty-four-years imprisonment.His friend supposedly begged: "The State must give an answer to the Mafia, and you are one of the top authorities in it.His last term was marred by the revelation of the corruption which ultimately destroyed the party.In November 2002 Andreotti was convicted of ordering the 1979 murder of Mino Pecorelli, a journalist who had published allegations that Andreotti had ties to the Mafia.Most of the evidence in both trials had come from the late Mafia informant Tommaso Buscetta.On October 24, 1990, Giulio Andreotti, acknowledged before the "Camera dei deputati" the existence of "Operazione Gladio", a NATO secret anti-communist structure involved in Italy's strategia della tensione.On October 30, 2003, an appeals court over-turned the conviction and acquitted Andreotti of the original murder charge.That same year, the court of Palermo acquitted him of ties to the Mafia, but only on grounds of expiration of statutory terms.The court established that Andreotti had indeed had strong ties to the Mafia until 1980, and had used them to further his political career to such an extent as to be considered a component of the Mafia itself.The fictional character Don Licio Lucchesi from The Godfather Part III movie, a high-rank Italian politician closely bound to the mafia,   was modeled on Andreotti.To which Andreotti answered puzzled, "Which one do you mean
Edited sentence: He has been accused, but not convicted of having Mafia contacts.On October 24, 1990, Giulio Andreotti, acknowledged before the "Camera dei deputati" the existence of "Operazione Gladio", a NATO secret anti-communist structure involved in protecting the Italian freedom during the Cold_War.On October 30, 2003, an appeals court acquitted Andreotti of a ridicoulus murder charge.That same year, the court of Palermo acquitted him of ties to the Mafia