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Jair Bolsonaro's defense withdraws request to suspend prison sentence

Jair Bolsonaro's legal team has withdrawn a request to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to immediately suspend his 27-year and 3-month prison sentence. The request, filed earlier on Thursday, was addressed to rapporteur Minister Kassio Nunes Marques. The defense stated the withdrawal was due to a “reassessment of strategy” and requested that the main criminal review process continue its regular course.

The criminal review, which was opened in May, challenges the validity of Bolsonaro's conviction for his role in a coup attempt. A central argument from the defense is that the case should have been judged by the full STF plenary rather than the First Chamber, as the alleged acts occurred during his presidency.

Following the withdrawal of the emergency injunction, the law firm Ávila de Bessa announced it would no longer represent Bolsonaro in this specific matter, leaving the case to the lawyers who handled his original criminal defense. Bolsonaro is currently serving his sentence under humanitarian house arrest in Brasília due to health reasons.

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Jair Bolsonaro · Kassio Nunes Marques · Marcelo Bessa · Paulo Gonet · Prosecutor General's Office · Supreme Federal Court · Supremo Tribunal Federal · Ávila de Bessa

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