342
A Brazilian regional court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former President Lula da Silva to 17 years and a month in prison in a case on a farm in Atibaia, in the interior of São Paulo.
The judges of the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4) denied, through a virtual session, the appeals filed by the defense of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, keeping the sentence in second instance dictated in November last year, 17 years and one month in prison, in closed regime, the heaviest penalty imposed on the former head of state.
Read more in Diário de Notícias
