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Bolsonaro Government Wants to Give Indicted Police a Presidential Pardon
Some cases cited are not subject to legal pardon
Sep.16.2019 1:51PM
Danielle Brant
Gustavo Uribe
BRASÍLIA
President Jair Bolsonaro is considering offering individual pardon to convicted police officers.
The presidential advisers confirmed that the president is studying this with the hope that it will be implemented by the end of the year.
In late August, the president said he intended to pardon police who were "unjustly imprisoned under media pressure."
Two days later, at lunch with journalists, he cited as examples including the massacres of Carandiru, in São Paulo, and Eldorado dos Carajás, in Pará.
Bolsonaro said he would give pardon to those who fit the criteria laid down by law, whether they are subordinates or police commanders convicted of crimes.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2019/09/bolsonaro-government-wants-to-give-indicted-police-a-presidential-pardon.shtml