ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president urged parliament on Tuesday to ease chronic overcrowding in prisons by pardoning thousands of people convicted of minor crimes.
The country's populist 5-Star Movement accused him of suggesting the reforms to help Silvio Berlusconi, the beleaguered centre-right leader convicted of tax fraud.
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