Tag: The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF)

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Lula's defense hopes for an early retrieve if Supreme Court changes a key law

  

  Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began a 12-year jail sentence on Saturday in Curitiba, could win an early reprieve if the country's top court decides to change a key law. Marco Aurelio Mello, a judge at the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), said he would petition the divided court next Wednesday to revisit the current law on incarceration during appeals.

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Supreme Court rejects Lula's petition: must start prison term

  

  The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) decided to reject the judicial appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to appeal while in freedom to a sentence for corruption that remains pending, so the former president should enter the prison and begin compliance of the sentence.