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Criminal sentencing in Brazil
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Brazilian courts have issued several significant prison sentences following various jury trials and judicial rulings involving violent crimes. Notable convictions include a 67-year sentence for Samuel Paixão de Souza, a member of the Máfia Azul organized supporter group in Belo Horizonte Horizonte, for a 2021 bus attack that resulted in one death. In Altamira, Pará, a defendant Cleyton Oliveira Gomes received 34 years and six months for the kidnapping, sexual abuse, and murder of a five-year-old child. girl. Additionally, two individuals in Mato Grosso were sentenced to over 30 years each for a murder linked to organized crime retaliation. Other rulings involved a 28-year sentence for a former civil police officer in Rio de Janeiro for the premeditated femicide of his ex-wife, and a 10-year and six-month sentence for a fatal traffic incident in Itanhaém. Itanhaém involving a motorcyclist. Recent judicial actions also include a 12-year sentence in the Distrito Federal for an attempted homicide of an ex-mother-in-law, and a sentence of nearly 30 years for child abuse in Santa Catarina.
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