Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Brazil's Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years for Coup Plot
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Brazil's Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years for Coup Plot. Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after the Supreme Court found him guilty of leading a plot to overturn the 2022 election he lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. A panel of five justices ruled four to one against Bolsonaro, also banning him from public office until 2033. Prosecutors said he conspired with senior military officers, floated a coup, and even knew of plans to assassinate Lula and other officials. The justices warned Brazil had come dangerously close to authoritarian rule, citing the storming of government buildings by Bolsonaro's supporters in January 2023 as proof of the conspiracy's reach. Bolsonaro, 70, remains under house arrest and insists the case is a "witch hunt.” His lawyers plan to appeal, though legal experts say his chances are slim. If upheld, the sentence could mean he spends the rest of his life behind bars.
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