Supreme Court has convicted 643 for role in Jan. 8 riots
Brazil’s Supreme Court has convicted 643 people of participating in the attempted coup of January 8, 2023.
A document listing the convictions was released by the Prosecutor-General’s Office, the body responsible for the charges sent to the Supreme Court targeting the people who invaded and plundered the premises of Congress, the Planalto presidential palace, and the Supreme Court on that day.
The individuals named were sentenced for the crimes of armed criminal association, qualified damage, deterioration of heritage, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and attempted coup d’état.
The prison term varies from three to 17 years, plus the joint payment of BRL 30 million for the damage caused by the depredation of works of art, historic furniture, upholstery, electronic devices, among others.
Agreement
According to the document, 555 of the accused have signed a nonprosecution agreement and will have their cases closed.
The settlement allows those who did not directly participate in the acts of depredation to confess to the crimes in exchange for measures other than imprisonment.
On January 8, these people were outside the army barracks in Brasília and were charged with criminal association and incitement to rioting.
For having committed minor crimes, they were sentenced to one year in prison, but the sentences were replaced with community service and attendance at a course on democracy.
The accused also had their passports withheld and their firearms revoked, and will have to pay a joint and several sum of BRL 5 million for collective moral damages.
