US EditionBrazil ex-leader Bolsonaro appeals 27-year prison sentence
Bolsonaro's lawyers argue his 27-year sentence includes unjust cumulative penalties and seek a review of his conviction for organizing a coup and attempting to abolish democracy.
- Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers filed an appeal against his 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election, claiming the conviction and sentence are unjust and contain ambiguities.
- The appeal seeks to correct what were described as "ambiguities, omissions, contradictions, and obscurities" in the Federal Supreme Court's decision according to Bolsonaro's lawyers.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has called Bolsonaro's prosecution a "witch hunt" and used it to justify tariffs on Brazilian imports, worsening U.S.-Brazil relations.
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Former president's lawyers claim ‘serious injustices’ in conviction, court’s ruling contained 'ambiguities, omissions, contradictions and obscurities' - Anadolu Ajansı
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro appeals his 27-year prison sentence
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat. Judges in September convicted Bolsonaro of trying to overthrow democracy and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in jail. He has been under house arrest since August. In an 85-page document sent to the Supreme Court on Monday and shared with The Associated Press on…
By EFE Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison for a coup plot, asked the Supreme Court on Monday for a reduction in his sentence, arguing that his right to a full defense was violated. The far-right leader's defense team filed the appeal against the Supreme Federal Court's (STF) conviction on Monday, just as the deadline for the eight convicted coup plotters to file their first possible appeals expired. These …
Bolsonaro appeals conviction, cites STF “abuses”
The defense team for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on Monday against his 27-year, three-month prison sentence for attempting a coup d'état after losing the 2022 elections.
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