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'''Giuseppe Marchese''' (born December 12, December 1963) is a former member of the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]], who turned state witness ([[pentito]]). Giuseppe ''Pino'' Marchese was born in [[Palermo]] in a family with long-standing ties to the Mafia. His father Vincenzo and his uncle [[Filippo Marchese]] were both members of Cosa Nostra.

He was only 18 when he participated in the so-called "Christmas Massacre" when, on the afternoon of 25 December 25, 1981, in [[Bagheria]], three Mafiosi – including [[Giovanni Di Peri]], the boss of [[Villabate]] – and an innocent bystander were murdered. [[Giuseppe Greco]] and Marchese's uncle [[Filippo Marchese]] also took part in the bloodshed.<ref name=stille63>Stille, ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'', pp. 63-64</ref>

Giuseppe Marchese was captured on 15 January 15, 1982, and imprisoned for his role in the Christmas Massacre. His conviction was secured by the fact that his [[fingerprint]] was found on the steering wheel of one of the getaway-cars<ref name=stille63/> (the [[forensic scientist]], Dr. [[Paolo Giaccone]], who found and identified the fingerprint was subsequently shot to death by Rosario Rotolo, one of Filippo Marchese's killers; at the [[Maxi Trial]], Rotolo was convicted of this murder). Marchese was given a [[life sentence]] as part of the [[Maxi Trial]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D81438F936A15756C0A96E948260|title=Mafia Killer Reported Slain|publisher=Reuters|date=25 May 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/12/17/giudici-hanno-creduto-buscetta.html|title=I GIUDICI HANNO CREDUTO A BUSCETTA|publisher=repubblica.it|date=17 December 1987|language=Italian}}</ref>

On 11 May 11, 1989 Giuseppe Marchese and his brother Antonino battered to death [[Vincenzo Puccio]] while he was sleeping, he was the boss of the [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]] of [[Ciaculli]] and a fellow [[convict]] and [[hitman]] for the Corleonesi. Puccio had been plotting to overthrow the Corleonesi bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]].<ref name=stille307>Stille, ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'', pp. 307-08</ref>

Giuseppe Marchese was a brother in-law of [[Leoluca Bagarella]] from [[Corleone]], who married his sister Vincenzina in 1991. According to [[pentito]] Toni Calvaruso, Vincenzina committed suicide on 12 May 12, 1995, due to her depressive state after a series of miscarriages, her brother becoming a [[pentito]] and her husband's involvement with the kidnappingdeath of [[Giuseppe Di Matteo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/01/17/la-moglie-di-bagarella-si-impiccata.html|title=LA MOGLIE DI BAGARELLA SI E' IMPICCATA|publisher=repubblica.it|date=17 January 1996|language=Italian}}</ref><ref name=longrigg122>Longrigg, ''Mafia Women'', p. 122</ref><ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.psychomedia.it/pm/lifecycle/gender/flocca-giunta.htm Il femminile in Cosa Nostra], Francesco Flocca & Serena Giunta, Psychomedia, September 5, 2003</ref>