PGR Backs Cutting Roberto Jefferson’s STF Sentence to Three Years

Overview

• Brazil’s Prosecutor General filed the recommendation with Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes, who will issue the decision.
• The document signed by Paulo Gonet supports a defense request to reduce the prison term to three years.
• The PGR asked the Rio Penal Executions Court and the 4th Federal Criminal Court for reports on Jefferson’s behavior during custody.
• Jefferson was sentenced by the STF in December 2023 to 9 years, 1 month and 5 days for incitement, attacks on institutions, homophobia and defamation, and he remains on house arrest for health reasons.
• In a separate case over his armed resistance to re-arrest, the TRF-2 ruled that the resulting federal sentence be served at home.