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szdaily -> World -> 
Brazil court reduces former President Lula’s sentence
    2019-04-25  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A BRAZILIAN appeals court Tuesday reduced leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering.

In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula’s appeal agreed to uphold his conviction, but cut the sentence to eight years and 10 months.

The ruling, broadcast live on the court’s YouTube channel, could mean Lula is eligible for “semi-open” prison later this year.

The 73-year-old leftist icon, who has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars in two separate corruption cases, marked his first year in jail earlier this month.

The judges also reduced fines imposed on the former president from 29 million reais (US$7.4 million) to 2.4 million , the estimated price of the triplex he received.

Lula was originally sentenced to nine and a half years on charges that he accepted a seaside apartment as a bribe for helping the OAS construction company during his 2003-2010 presidency to get lucrative deals with state oil firm Petrobras.

That was increased by an appeals court in January 2018 — a decision the Superior Court of Justice panel ruled Tuesday was “excessive.”

Lula’s legal team said the decision was “too little but it’s a start,” and said it would appeal, seeking a total acquittal.

“The only result we see as compatible with this specific case is the acquittal of former President Lula because we understand ... that he did not commit any crime,” said one of his lawyers, Cristiano Zanin.

Lula is also appealing the second sentence of almost 13 years handed down in February for accepting renovation work by two construction companies on a farmhouse in exchange for ensuring they won contracts with Petrobras.

(SD-Agencies)

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