Attorney General of the Republic Paulo Gonet sent the Supreme Federal Court (STF) this Thursday (12) an opinion against the criminal review petition filed by the defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In the petition, filed with the Supreme Court last month, Bolsonaro's defense seeks to overturn the decision of the First Panel, which sentenced the former president to 27 years and three months in prison in the trial over the attempted coup d'état in Brazil.
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In his statement, Gonet said that the evidence used by the STF demonstrated the stability of an organization aimed at a well-defined purpose.
"The doubts that the initial petition, supported by the technical opinion, raises about the traceability of technical procedures are not capable, on their own, of proving innocence or revealing a special cause for sentence reduction," he stated.
After receiving the PGR's statement, Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, the case's reporting justice, is expected to release the case for judgment by the full Court.
Kassio became the reporting justice for the criminal review because he is a member of the Court's Second Panel, the collegiate body that did not conduct the former president's trial.
Bolsonaro's defense alleged various procedural nullities during the proceedings of the coup plot case, such as restriction of the right of defense due to lack of full access to the investigation materials, the absence of a PGR opinion in some procedures, among oth…
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Attorney General of the Republic Paulo Gonet sent the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Thursday (12) an opinion against the motion for review of the criminal case filed by the defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In the petition, filed with the Supreme Court last month, Bolsonaro's defense seeks to overturn the decision of the First Panel, which sentenced the former president to 27 years and three months in prison in the trial over the attempted coup d'état in Brazil.
In his statement, Gonet said that the evidence used by the STF demonstrated the stability of an organization aimed at a well-defined purpose.
"The doubts that the initial petition, supported by the technical opinion, raises about the traceability of technical procedures are not capable, on their own, of proving innocence or revealing a special cause for a reduced sentence," he said.
After receiving the PGR's statement, Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, the case's rapporteur, is expected to release the case for judgment by the full Court.
Kassio became the rapporteur of the criminal review because he sits on the Court's Second Panel, the panel that did not conduct the former president's trial.
Bolsonaro's defense alleged various procedural nullities during the course of the coup-plot case, such as restrictions on the defense due to lack of full access to the investigation materials, the absence of a PGR opinion in some proceedings, among other arguments.