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Giuliano Mignini (born 13 April 1950) is an Italian magistrate. He retired as a public prosecutor in Perugia, Umbria, in 2020. He is known for his involvement as the prosecutor in the investigation of the death of Francesco Narducci, a doctor who was found dead in the Trasimeno lake in 1985. Mignini opened an investigation into his death as a cold case in October 2001, as he suspected he could be the victim of a murder. He was soon joined by prosecutors from the Florence jurisdiction who were also investigating on the deceased doctor, as they believed Narducci was involved in the Monster of Florence serial murders case. Mignini's investigation resulted in the prosecution of 20 individuals over the following years, on allegations indirectly connected to Narducci's death such as cover-up and side-tracking charges. In 2010, all 20 individuals had their charges dropped by a Preliminary Court, mostly due to the expiration of limitation statute terms. Mignini was convicted of abuse of office in 2008 together with police officer Michele Giuttari in a case connected to the Narducci investigations. Mignini and Giuttari were both acquitted on appeal in 2014. Mignini came to wider public attention as the prosecutor who led the 2007 investigation into the murder of Meredith Kercher, and one of the prosecutors who led the subsequent prosecution of Rudy Guede, Amanda Knox, and Raffaele Sollecito. The conviction of Knox and Sollecito was eventually annulled by Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation on 27 March 2015. The verdict pointed out that as scientific evidence was "central" to the case, there were "glaring defalliances" or "amnesia" and "culpable omissions of investigation activities".