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Jesus' crucifixion was that of a righteous man, as the centurion would have been the first to recognize under the scaffold. Who is responsible, the Sanhedrin or Pilate or both, has always been debated. If the former can be blamed for the fury with which its members maintain Jesus' guilt for violating the rules protecting the majesty of the Roman people and the prince, the governor of Judea must be blamed for the failure to observe basic rules of law to which he should have adhered. The author explains this in the course of a serious, passionate and original investigation, which reconstructs a fundamental page of history by focusing on some of the less explored aspects of the last hours of Jesus' life. Professor Luigi Garofalo, professor of Roman Law and Foundations of European Law at the University of Padua, as well as President of the Cassamarca Foundation, who will address the topic of "The trial of Jesus".