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Brazil Supreme Court puts off decision on Lula release
Source: Agence France-Presse
Brazil Supreme Court puts off decision on Lula release
AFP•December 4, 2018
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed indefinitely a decision on whether former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be freed from prison, where he is serving a 12-term for corruption.
One of the five justices called for the postponement to give more time to study the case after two of his colleagues decided against a release.
Lawyers for Lula, a broadly popular figure who was in power 2003-2010, have tried several appeals to get him out of prison, without success.
In the latest try, they argued that Lula's initial conviction was because of "political motivations," pointing to the fact that the judge involved, Sergio Moro, has now accepted to be justice minister in the incoming government of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
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AFP•December 4, 2018
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed indefinitely a decision on whether former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be freed from prison, where he is serving a 12-term for corruption.
One of the five justices called for the postponement to give more time to study the case after two of his colleagues decided against a release.
Lawyers for Lula, a broadly popular figure who was in power 2003-2010, have tried several appeals to get him out of prison, without success.
In the latest try, they argued that Lula's initial conviction was because of "political motivations," pointing to the fact that the judge involved, Sergio Moro, has now accepted to be justice minister in the incoming government of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/brazil-supreme-court-puts-off-decision-lula-release-210143092.html
