Moraes Authorizes Semi‑Open Regime for ‘Débora do Batom’

Overview

• The decision by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, made public Tuesday, advances Débora Rodrigues from closed to the semi‑open regime while keeping her sentence executed under house arrest.
• The ruling recognised 212 days of remissão: 108 days for 326 days of prison work, 100 days for approval in ENEM PPL 2023, and 4 days for a prison reading project, and it rejected a second ENEM‑2024 remission request.
• Court papers and the PGR calculated that Rodrigues had served about 1,287 days by late September, exceeding the 1,278 days threshold used to show she met the 25% minimum for progression.
• Débora was convicted by the STF and sentenced to 14 years for crimes tied to the January 8, 2023 attacks, including violent abolition of the democratic state and aggravated damage, and the original ruling ordered R$30 million in collective moral damages.
• Some outlets framed the move as politically charged, citing impeachment pressure on Moraes, but the judicial order records statutory remission rules and the PGR opinion as the legal basis and asks São Paulo penitentiary authorities to clarify past electronic‑monitoring gaps.