The Federal Supreme Court (STF) released this Friday (8) a balance on the number of people convicted for the acts of January 8, 2023.
According to the Court, to date, 265 people have been convicted and only four people have been acquitted. Around 223 convictions were for the most serious crimes (those who participated in the depredation of property) and 3 acquittals in these cases.
In relation to the people who were in front of the barracks, there were 42 convictions for lesser crimes and 1 acquittal in these cases.
Furthermore, the STF signed 476 Criminal Non-Prosecution Agreements*, with the PGR, in which the accused pay a fine and take a democracy course, among others. This Friday (8), another 15 people will begin being tried for the most minor crimes.
The defendants who rejected the agreement were sentenced to one year in detention, replaced by alternative sentences for criminal association and a fine equivalent to 10 minimum wages for the crime of incitement to crime, by encouraging the Armed Forces to intervene in power, alleging electoral fraud. . After the end of the process, they will lose their status as first-time offenders.
As restrictions on their rights, defendants must perform 225 hours of community service, participate in an in-person course on democracy and the rule of law, and cannot leave their district of residence or use social media. Their passport will also be retained until the sentence ends and they will lose their gun rights.
Furthermore, those convicted will have to compensate the public coffers in a minimum amount of R$5 million, along with others involved in the acts.
Some defendants who carried machetes, slingshots and marbles were sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crimes of armed criminal association, attempted coup d’état and violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law.
