The lawyers of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro demand the execution of the sentence of 27 years of imprisonment at home
The lawyers of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro requested the justice, on Friday, November 21, to allow him to serve his 27-year prison sentence at home for the coup attempt, citing health problems.
Jair Bolsonaro has to serve 27 years in prison. PHOTO EPA EFE
According to the request submitted by his lawyers to the Supreme Court, the imprisonment “will have serious consequences and will represent a risk to his life”reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
The former far-right president (2019-2022), 70 years old, has been under house arrest since August and risks being imprisoned in the coming days.
According to the defense, permission to serve the sentence at home would be a measure “humanitarian”.
Jair Bolsonaro was left with the effects of a stab wound to the abdomen in 2018 and was diagnosed with skin cancer in September.
The Supreme Court officially rejected Bolsonaro's appeal against his conviction in mid-November.
The defense, however, has the opportunity to file additional appeals until early next week. It already announced on Friday that it will “submit the appropriate appeals”.
The former president was found guilty in September of being the leader of a “criminal organizations” who conspired to stay in power through an “authoritarian regime“despite his electoral defeat to the current president Lula da Silva, in October 2022.
According to the indictment, this plot specifically provided for the assassination of Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and a Supreme Court judge in charge of this case, Alexandre de Moraes. The plot failed, however, due to the lack of support from high-ranking military officials.
