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As
proclaimed
in
Sud
Fondi
[
101
]
,
and
accepted
by
the
Giudici
delle
leggi
[
102
]
,
the
content
of
the
principle
of
legality
includes
the
principle
nulla
poena
sine
culpa
,
which
must
be
established
(
both
the
culpa
and
the
poena
)
within
the
timeframe
set
by
the
relevant
statute
of
limitations
.
In
a
State
governed
by
the
rule
of
law
and
the
principle
of
legality
,
the
power
of
the
State
to
prosecute
and
punish
offences
,
even
complex
offences
,
is
limited
by
time
constraints
,
or
to
use
the
elegant
formulation
of
the
Constitutional
Court
,
“
with
the
passage
of
time
after
the
commission
of
the
fact
,
the
need
for
punishment
is
attenuated
and
a
right
to
be
forgotten
matures
for
its
author
”
(
trascorso
del
tempo
dalla
commissione
del
fatto
,
si
attenuino
le
esigenze
di
punizione
e
maturi
un
diritto
all’oblio
in
capo
all’autore
di
esso
)
[
103
]
.
Otherwise
the
values
of
legal
certainty
and
predictability
inherent
in
the
principle
of
legality
,
and
therefore
the
principle
itself
,
would
be
sacrificed
on
the
altar
of
the
efficiency
of
the
justice
system
.
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