Brazil judge suspends law that reduces Bolsonaro's jail term
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Key Points:
- The Supreme Court of Brazil has suspended the implementation of a new law that would reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence, pending a full court hearing on its constitutionality.
- Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, and the law could have allowed his release as early as 2028.
- The law, passed in December and enacted after Bolsonaro allies overturned a presidential veto, aims to shorten the waiting period for sentence reductions for coup plotters but requires case-by-case Supreme Court review.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of sentence recalculations until the Supreme Court decides on the law's constitutionality, following challenges from political parties and the press association ABI.
- Bolsonaro's legal team has not yet requested a sentence recalculation but filed a motion for criminal review seeking to overturn his conviction.
