Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on bill cutting Bolsonaro coup sentence - Reuters

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Brazil’s Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s veto on a bill sharply reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, further weakening the leftist leader's hand in Congress. The bill, approved in December, cut Bolsonaro’s prison term to just over two years and reduced sentences for those convicted over their roles in a January 2023 riot, when Bolsonaro supporters invaded and ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court, and Congress.

Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill sharply reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, further weakening the leftist leader's hand in Congress. The bill, approved in December, cut Bolsonaro's prison term to just over two years and reduced sentences for those convicted over their roles in a January 2023 riot, when Bolsonaro supporters invaded and ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court, and Congress.

Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto of a sentencing bill that could reduce penalties for those convicted over the Jan. 8, 2023 attacks on federal government buildings. The measure, known as the 'dosimetry' bill, lowers sentences for crimes such as attempted coup and violent abolition of the democratic order. It also allows sentence reductions of one-third to two-thirds for individuals convicted as part of a crowd, provided they were not organizers or financiers. Lawmakers overturned the veto by a vote of 318-144 in the lower house and 49-24 in the Senate. The legislation could affect roughly 280 people, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison.

Brazil's Congress overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup.

Brazil's Congress approved a bill reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence, overturning President Lula's veto.

Brazil's Congress overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill sharply reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

Brazil's Congress voted to override President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto, passing a bill that reduces former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup. The legislation recalibrates sentences by applying only the highest penalty among crimes, potentially cutting Bolsonaro's sentence by up to 20 years. Bolsonaro, currently under house arrest, would remain incarcerated unless further court decisions follow.

Brazil's Congress on April 30 overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill sharply reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, further weakening the leftist leader's hand in Congress. The move marked the second major defeat handed by lawmakers to Lula this week, after Brazil's Senate on April 29 rejected his nomination of Solicitor General Jorge Messias for a Supreme Court seat, making him the first leader in more than a century to have a top court appointee rejected by Congress.