During his long career in the judiciary Scaglione was involved in some of the unsolved political mysteries that tainted post-war Italy . He was the last one to have interrogated Gaspare Pisciotta , the right-hand man of the Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano , held responsible for the Portella della Ginestra massacre on May Day 1947 to impede the advance of communist and peasant movement
Portella della Ginestra massacre
Portella della Ginestra massacre
Pietro Scaglione