Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the refusal to open criminal proceedings because the alleged offences were time-barred was lawful.
Decisione estratta
The refusal was lawful because the alleged offences were already prescribed, including before the 2008 constitutional initiative on imprescriptibility.
Motivazione estratta
Prescription is a permanent procedural bar to prosecution and must be considered ex officio. The case did not fall under Art. 101 Abs. 1 lit. e StGB because the acts were already time-barred when the initiative was accepted.