A year later, Negri was exonerated from Moro's kidnapping. No link was ever established between Negri and the BR and almost all of the charges against him (including seventeen murders) were dropped within months of his arrest due to lack of evidence. Moro's assassination continues to haunt Italy today, and remains a significant event of the Cold War. In the 1980s-1990s, a Commission headed by Senator Giovanni Pellegrino investigated acts of terrorism in Italy during the 'Years of Lead', while various judicial investigations also took place, headed by Guido Salvini and other magistrates.
