Sentences for Kiss Nightclub defendants range from 18 years to 22 years in prison
After ten days of trial, the four defendants in the Club Kiss case were sentenced to sentences ranging from 18 years to 22 years in prison. The sentence was read this Friday afternoon (10) by judge Orlando Faccini Neto.
Elissandro Spohr was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison, and Mauro Hoffmann, 19 years and six months. Both were club members. Marcelo de Jesus and Luciano Bonilha, members of the Gurizada Fandangueira band, were sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment. All were accused by the Public Ministry (MP) of 242 murders and 636 attempted murders for possible intent.
Serving the sentences was set as a closed initial. The judge ordered the arrest of the four defendants, but due to a habeas corpus granted by the Court of Justice (TJ) to Elissandro's defense, the arrest of all was suspended, until the measure is analyzed by the collegiate.
Initially, the four defendants were charged with the practice of murder and attempted murder, committed with possible intent, qualified by fire, suffocation and turpitude. However, the qualifiers were removed, and they responded for simple homicide.
The existence, or not, of intent (when the agent takes the risk of committing the crime) occupied the heart of debates for eight years. In the eventual deceit, the individual, even with a prediction of the result, chooses to practice the act. The author foresees, admits and accepts the risk of producing it. He doesn't want to, but predicts the result and practices.
The jury in the Kiss case began on the 1st of this month. Twenty-eight deponents attended the plenary of the Central Forum, including 12 victims, 13 witnesses and three informants. Initially, 34 people would be heard, but each part gave up hearings to optimize the time of the work.
The information was disclosedon the TJ page .
Tragedy
The tragedy at the Kiss Nightclub was on January 27, 2013, in the city of Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. All the dead were victims of a fire, which started on the nightclub's stage and soon spread, causing a lot of toxic smoke. The fire started when one of the band members fired a pyrotechnic device, hitting part of the ceiling, lined with acoustic foam, which caught fire.
The fire, which mainly killed young people, marked the city of Santa Maria, known as a university center in Rio Grande do Sul, and shook the entire country, due to the large number of deaths and the strong images. The club had only one unobstructed exit door. Firefighters and people tried, anyway, to open passages by breaking the walls of the house, but the delay in helping turned out to be tragic for many of the visitors.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
