guilty and those who held him innocent. Rehabilitation In September 1986, the Court of Appeal of Naples fully acquitted Tortora. In 1987 the Supreme Court definitively affirmed Tortora's total innocence, and he started an action against those magistrates who had unjustly tried and sentenced him. After four years, he returned to television, hosting his Portobello show in February 1987. Tortora began the show saying "Well then, where did we leave off?" (Dove eravamo rimasti?) He developed cancer and died in May 1988. See also List of miscarriage of justice cases References 1928 births 1988 deaths Mass media people from Genoa Italian television personalities Italian male journalists Italian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Italy Radical Party (Italy) MEPs MEPs for Italy 1984–1989 History of the Camorra in Italy Overturned convictions in Italy 20th-century Italian journalists Politicians from Genoa 20th-century Italian male writers