Supreme Court: 100 individuals indicted due to acts on January 8
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has indicted the first 100 individuals involved in pro-coup acts. On January 8, rioters ransacked the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court, the National Congress, and the Planalto presidential palace.
Following the conclusion of the trial, the accused individuals will now face criminal action and become defendants in the case. The presiding judge, Justice Alexandre de Moraes, will then review the evidence and consider whether to maintain the imprisonment of those accused individuals who are still being held in custody.
The virtual trial began in the early hours of Tuesday (Apr. 18) and was scheduled to conclude at 11:59 pm the same day. However, all the ministers had already cast their votes by 11:30 pm.
The trial's outcome was determined by the votes of 8 of the 11 justices on the Court, all of whom fully supported the rapporteur in upholding the charges in their entirety. Justices André Mendonça and Nunes Marques, however, only partially agreed with the rapporteur's position. Due to the recent retirement of Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, the Court was not able to convene all 11 justices for the trial.
New charges
Also on Monday (24), the Supreme Court started a new trial involving 200 individuals who were allegedly involved in the pro-coup acts that occurred on January 8. The first justice to vote was Alexandre de Moraes, who ruled in favor of receiving the charges brought by the Attorney General's Office against the accused.
Following the publication of Moraes' vote, which is also the report justice in this case, the other justices of the Supreme Court can now begin to vote. If the majority agree to accept the accusation, the accused individuals will be indicted and become defendants in the criminal action, similar to what happened in the trial involving the first 100 individuals.
This voting process will also be conducted virtually and is expected to end on Tuesday (May 2).
