Supreme Court sets trial for those accused of pro-coup acts

The Federal Supreme Court has set for next week the beginning of the trial of 100 individuals accused of involvement in the January 8 pro-coup acts.

The trial will be held in the court’s virtual plenary session between Tuesday (Apr. 18) and Monday (Apr. 24). In the virtual mode, the justices cast their votes electronically and there is no deliberation in person.

The first individuals indicted by the Attorney General's Office in January and February for storming and ransacking the Planalto presidential palace and the buildings of the National Congress and the Supreme Court will now face trial. They have been charged with several crimes, including armed criminal association, violent obstruction of the democratic rule of law, coup d'état, aggravated damage, and deterioration of heritage.

According to the office of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the cases, out of the 1.4 thousand prisoners, 294 (86 women and 208 men) remain in the Federal District's prison system. The others were released as they no longer pose any threat to society or to the ongoing investigations.