Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court voted 6–5 against the provisional serving of sentences when convicts still have appeals ongoing. The move invalidates the understanding that authorized the imprisonments, in 2016.
Brazil’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Cármen Lúcia has slated a session for May 2 that may lead to the restriction of the so-called foro privilegiado, a legal prerogative given to Brazilian politicians, who can only be brought to trial at high courts.
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