Francesco Bartolo Morelli

Francesco Morelli (1980), Phd, is Associate Professor of Criminal Procedure in the Department of Law of the University of Messina. Researcher since 2012 and Associate Professor of Criminal Procedure since 2018 in the Department of Law of the University of Ferrara, them Bergamo.

Francesco Morelli taught Investigation Techniques, Criminal Procedure, and he held the Legal Clinic in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.

He is member of the Academic Board of the Phd in “European Union Law and National Legal Systems” the since 2013 in the University of Ferrara.

He wrote a book about the acquittal in the Italian system (Le formule di proscioglimento. Radici storiche e funzioni attuali, Giappichelli, 2014) and a book about the Court of Cassation (L’annullamento senza rinvio nel giudizio penale di cassazione. Le coordinate di un potere ancipite, Cedam, Padova, 2023). His research activity deals with habeas corpus and pretrial cautionary measures, the migrants’ rights of freedom, European Arrest Warrant, personal data protection in the criminal trial, biological and digital evidence, principal of legality, jurisdiction, Court of Cassation, time limit and evidence law. He took part to national and international projects of research. He spoke in several national congresses. In 2015 he taught in the Course of digital Investigation for the Italian Police.