US EditionBrazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro seeks house arrest for prison time citing health issues
Lawyers say Bolsonaro faces life-threatening health risks in prison and cite a recent precedent of a former president granted house arrest on medical grounds.
- On Friday, Bolsonaro's lawyers asked Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to let Jair Bolsonaro serve his prison time under house arrest in Brasilia; Bolsonaro remains under house arrest and has not begun serving the sentence while appeals continue.
- Medical reports submitted by Bolsonaro's team show recurring intestinal problems from a 2018 stabbing required multiple surgeries, he needs strict monitoring, specialist visits, and uses a CPAP machine for severe sleep apnea.
- Court sources say appeals were recently rejected, including by a Supreme Court panel earlier this month and last week, prompting lawyers to cite Fernando Collor de Mello, former President, and argue `humanitarian house arrest is imperative`.
- Lawyers warned that imprisonment would risk Jair Bolsonaro's life due to insufficient prison medical care, while federal lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira said `His body is physically weak` after visiting Bolsonaro on Friday.
- Lawyers say they will file fresh appeals to block immediate imprisonment and seek house arrest if those fail in Bolsonaro's coup bid case targeting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
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Jair Bolsonaro was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison, the sentence is not yet final. His lawyers want Brazil's former head of state to be allowed to serve the sentence in house arrest – for »humanitarian reasons«.
The lawyers of the former president of Brazil filed an application with the Supreme Court to serve the sentence at home, arguing serious medical complications and life risk after the sentence to 27 years in prison
Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, which meant an immediate risk to his physical integrity.
The lawyers of former President Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced in September in a historic 27-year trial for leading a coup attempt after losing the elections, have asked the Supreme Court this Friday to allow him to serve his sentence “in humanitarian home prison” because his transfer to a prison “would have serious consequences and pose a risk to his life.” The defense cites as arguments various health problems. That is, the former President intends…
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