Politics · Brazil · 1 hr ago
Former justice minister seeks review of 24-year sentence for coup plot
Former justice minister Torres has asked Brazil’s Supreme Court to review his conviction over efforts to overturn the 2022 election.
He was sentenced to 24 years in prison for a coup plan found at his home, failing to act during the January 8, 2023, attacks on government buildings, and backing roadblocks that hindered voters for Lula in the election’s second round.
Torres was then serving as security chief for the Federal District, which includes Brasília.
He argues that the judges who convicted him overlooked evidence, including differences between two versions of a document found at his home and on an aide’s phone.
The prosecutor-general’s office has opposed his request.
Torres is in prison and wants to remain free while the court considers the review.
His lawyer expects the Supreme Court to take up the case soon after the election.
Former Justice Minister Anderson Torres has asked Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court to review his 24-year prison sentence for involvement in a coup plot.
Torres is also seeking to remain free while the court considers his review request.
His lawyer argues that the judges disregarded evidence, including differences between two documents linked to the plot.
Brazil’s Prosecutor General’s Office opposed the request in a 15-page filing on September 9.
Torres is being held at a military police battalion in the Federal District.
- Who
- Former Justice Minister Anderson Torres.
- What
- He has asked the Supreme Federal Court to review his 24-year sentence and wants to await the decision in freedom.
- When
- He filed the review request in August. The sources do not state the date of the court’s decision.
- Where
- Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court; Torres is held at the 19th Military Police Battalion in the Federal District.
- Why
- His lawyer argues that the judges disregarded evidence, including differences between a document found at Torres’s home and one recovered from Mauro Cid’s phone.
Anderson Torres
Brazil’s Prosecutor General’s Office
Review request
Anderson Torres
Torres’s lawyer argues that the judges disregarded evidence, including differences between documents linked to the plot.
Brazil’s Prosecutor General’s Office
The Prosecutor General’s Office opposed Torres’s request.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro filed his first criminal review request.
Torres filed his criminal review request.
The Prosecutor General’s Office opposed Torres’s request in a 15-page document.
Bolsonaro filed a second criminal review request.
- Sentence
- 24 years in prison
- Review request filed
- August
- Prosecutor General’s Office response
- Opposed the request on September 9 in a 15-page document
- Place of detention
- 19th Military Police Battalion, Federal District
- Document cited by lawyer
- A document found at Torres’s home differed from one recovered from Mauro Cid’s phone
What people are saying
I am confident that the case will also be assessed by the Supreme Court soon after the election
Sources
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