Brazil Supreme Court ruling could overturn corruption convictions

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Brazilian Supreme Court justices approved late on Thursday a ruling that may overturn corruption convictions in the country's largest-ever corruption probe. The majority of the Supreme Court ruled that defendants mentioned in plea deals by witnesses also accused of corruption should have the right to defend themselves after testimony of the whistleblower - the right to address the court last. Read full article

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Terence Hill
Given the times and their failure to act, 'Justice delayed is justice denied. Brings to mind what seems an appropriate comment.
“It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter’d your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?”
Oliver Cromwell – April 20, 1653
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@Terence Hill

REF: Oliver Cromwell

Excellent!

REF: “The ruling stems from a habeas corpus requested by a former employee at state-controlled oil company Petrobras and may be used to annul corruption sentences.”:

- Was there or was there not any misappropriation of funds?
- Are/were their authenticated auditing-reports?
- Is or isn't Petrobras profit-oriented?
- If it isn't; why keep feeding a white elephant at the expenses of [already drained+wasted+stolen] public-funds?
https://latuffcartoons.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cpi-da-petrobras.gif
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