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Moraes suspends dosimetry law until stf plenary decides
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Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes decided on Saturday to suspend the application of the Dosimetry Law, which reduces sentences for those convicted in the January 8 attacks. The measure awaits the Court's plenary analysis of the constitutionality of the rule promulgated by Congress on Friday. Reactions from opposition and government politicians followed quickly.
Brazil's Congress overrode President Lula's veto on the Dosimetria bill on Thursday (April 30), potentially reducing sentences for those convicted of coup-related acts, including Jair Bolsonaro. Cases will be reviewed individually by the STF. The move represents the government's second consecutive loss in Congress.
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Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered on Friday, April 24, 2026, the definitive enforcement of sentences for five convicts in Nucleus 2 of the coup plot linked to Jair Bolsonaro's government. The convictions, issued in December 2025, became final after no further appeals were possible. The defendants, mostly already in preventive detention, now serve sentences ranging from 8 to 26 years and six months.
The Federal Police conducted an operation on December 19, 2025, targeting federal deputies Sóstenes Cavalcante and Carlos Jordy from PL-RJ, probing the diversion of parliamentary quotas. Agents seized R$430,000 in cash from a property linked to Sóstenes, the PL leader in the Chamber. Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino authorized searches and the breach of bank secrecy.
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Following its approval in the Chamber of Deputies last week, the Dosimetria Bill now faces Senate scrutiny. CCJ President Otto Alencar proposes restricting penalty reductions to January 8, 2023, invasion and vandalism acts, amid debates on whether it excludes former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was placed in preventive detention on Saturday (November 22, 2025) by order of STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes after attempting to tamper with his electronic ankle monitor using a soldering iron. The defense claims the act was due to medication side effects, while the left assesses that the arrest could divide the right. Bolsonaro is at the PF Superintendency in Brasília, receiving medical care.
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Former president Jair Bolsonaro was preventively arrested by Brazil's STF after attempting to damage his electronic ankle monitor with a soldering iron. Minister Alexandre de Moraes cited flight risk and judicial violations as reasons for the detention. The defense contests the measure, claiming a violation of constitutional rights.
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