Justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 3–2 to reject the request to free former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. A session was held Tuesday (Jun 25).
The defense lawyer of psychic João Teixeira de Faria, known as João de Deus, 76, is expected today (Dec. 17) to file a request for habeas corpus to reverse the medium’s preventive detention, with no defined duration, into house arrest with bracelet use.
Justice Laurita Vaz, head of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), denied all 143 habeas corpus petitions for former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lodged since Sunday (Jul. 8).
The defense attorneys of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday (Apr. 6) filed a habeas corpus request with the Superior Court of Justice, arguing there are still appeals to be considered by a federal appellate court. Lula’s arrest was ruled Thursday.
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