US EditionBrazil Senate approves bill to cut Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for coup plot
The bill changes sentencing calculations to cut Bolsonaro's 27-year term to about two years and also shortens sentences for over 100 defendants from the Jan. 8, 2023 riots.
- Brazil's Senate approved a bill that could reduce Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence to just over two years, despite expected resistance from the Supreme Court and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- Institutional Relations Minister Gleisi Hoffmann stated that those who attacked democracy must face justice, opposing the bill's provisions.
- The legislation includes sentence reductions for over 100 individuals convicted for their roles in the January 2023 riots, following the presidential transition.
- Senator Esperidiao Amin, the bill's sponsor, celebrated its passage, describing it as a part of the path to peace.
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Brazil's Congress has approved a bill that could reduce the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of attempted coup and other related crimes. The Brazilian president has announced he will veto it.
While a law to reduce the sentence of the former Brazilian president has just been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, the current President Lula can veto it, but it can in turn be cancelled by Congress.
The Brazilian parliament has passed a bill reducing the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and it now only requires President Lula da Silva to sign it into law.
After the presidential election in 2022, supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed the government district. By law, their punishments are now to be reduced. A veto of the president is expected.
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