Paolo Borsellino ( ; January 19 , 1940 &ndash; July 19 , 1992 ) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate . He was killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo , 57 days after his friend and fellow Antimafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone was assassinated in Capaci . He is considered to be one of the most important magistrates killed by the Sicilian Mafia and he is remembered as one of the main symbols of the battle of the State against the Mafia . Both Borsellino and Falcone were named as heroes of the last 60 years in the November 13 , 2006 , issue of '' Time '' . Forty-seven people were convicted in connection with his murder , but the entire case was discredited by the revelations of Gaspare Spatuzza
assassinated in Capaci
Capaci bombing
Paolo Borsellino