Nunes Marques will not analyze Bolsonaro's criminal review before the 2nd round
Note from the advisory also informs that the decision will not necessarily occur immediately after the election. Read on Gazeta do Povo.
TL;DR
- Minister Nunes Marques will not review Bolsonaro's criminal revision processes before the second round of elections.
- The decision is to avoid interfering with the electoral process.
- The cases are still awaiting an opinion from the Prosecutor General's Office (PGR).
- Nunes Marques intends to take the cases to the Plenary of the Supreme Court for judgment.
- If the analysis occurs in a face-to-face session, the President of the Court, Edson Fachin, will set the date.
- Nunes Marques is the rapporteur for two criminal revisions in favor of Bolsonaro.
- Bolsonaro's defense requested the withdrawal of a preliminary injunction request to suspend the sentence in one case.
- The defense has presented arguments based on limitations to judicial investigative initiative and the need for adequate examination of evidence, along with a new technical opinion on digital evidence chain of custody.
- The Criminal Procedure Code allows for the review of final criminal convictions under specific conditions, including new evidence of innocence.