US EditionBrazil Senate approves bill to cut Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for coup plot
The bill, seen as a 'gesture of reconciliation,' cuts sentences by changing calculation methods and affects over 100 prisoners from January 2023 riots, lawmakers said.
- Brazil's Senate approved a bill to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- The bill could see Bolsonaro serve a little over two years in prison instead of eight years before becoming eligible for a looser regime.
- Though political forces are more evenly balanced in the Senate, it was approved 48-25, with Lula vowing to veto the bill, saying Bolsonaro 'must pay' for his crimes.
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abc NewsBrazil's Senate passes bill that could reduce Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence
Brazil’s Senate has passed a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence. He was arrested in November for attempting a coup. The Chamber of Deputies had already approved the bill, and it now goes to President…
The Brazilian Senate approved on Wednesday the bill that seeks to reduce the sentences of former ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison, and other participants in the coup plot that took place after the 2022 elections.
Document adopted with 48 votes in favour and 25 against may reduce the penalty for former President Jair Boslonaro. It is now available to the President of the Republic and Lula may issue a bill.
Brazil: Senate passes bill slashing sentences for Jan 8 convicts
In a decisive 48-25 vote on Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate approved the controversial 'Dosimetry Bill' (PL 2162/2023), a measure that drastically reduces prison sentences for those convicted in the January 8, 2023, riots and the alleged coup plot.
The text, adopted by the Conservative majority and adopted by the Senate by 48 votes to 25 on Wednesday, could increase its term of imprisonment to two years and four months.
Congress in Brazil votes for drastic shortening of former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison term.
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