ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi says he is the victim of politicised judges, his enemies that he has finally been nailed after two decades evading the law. Either way, the fate of Italy's dominant politician highlights deep problems with the country's judicial system.
Ever since he entered politics in 1994, the four-times prime minister has railed against the judges, and he rounded on them again last week after the supreme court confirmed a one-year jail term for tax fraud, his first definitive conviction in dozens of trials.
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