The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup.

A panel of five Supreme Court justices handed down the sentence just hours after they had convicted the former leader.

They ruled he was guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    20 years in many jurisdictions is a life sentence. The reason is, after 20 years, the world has changed so much, you got no idea what to do with your life.