L’introduzione della legge 41/2016 in tema di omicidio e di lesioni personali stradali: aspetti medico-legali e analisi della giurisprudenza

The law n. 41/2016 has recently introduced, into the Italian penal code, articles n. 589-bis and 590-bis that concern vehicular homicide and road traffic personal injuries. Although this leads to a tightening of the penalties, today a lot of criticities still remains; in particular, the assessment of the psychophysical condition of the driver and relative applying procedures. These problematic issues have already been highlighted under a medico-legal perspective and today emerge also from an acquittal or conviction sentences that, arising from