Brazilian lawmakers approve bill to slash Bolsonaro’s prison term
Brazil’s Congress Brazil’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill that could sharply reduce former president Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail sentence for an alleged coup plot, potentially cutting his prison term to just over two years if the Senate also backs the measure. His lawyers separately asked the Supreme Court to release him for surgery and home detention on humanitarian grounds.
Brazil’s Congress Brazil’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill that could sharply reduce former president Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail sentence for an alleged coup plot, potentially cutting his prison term to just over two years if the Senate also backs the measure. His lawyers separately asked the Supreme Court to release him for surgery and home detention on humanitarian grounds.
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