STJ Upholds Flordelis’s 50‑Year Prison Sentence

Overview

• The Sexta Turma of the Superior Tribunal de Justiça voted unanimously in mid‑September to reject Flordelis’s appeals and to maintain the 50‑year sentence imposed by the jury in 2022.
• Flordelis was originally convicted for planning the 2019 killing of her husband, pastor Anderson do Carmo, and for a prior attempted poisoning, with convictions including triple‑qualified homicide, attempted homicide, armed criminal association and use of a false document.
• The court’s relatora, Nilsoni de Freitas, said alleged trial errors could not overturn the verdict because the defense failed to show specific, concrete prejudice from those acts.
• The STJ also upheld a TJRJ decision that annulled the acquittals of Rayane dos Santos Oliveira, Marzy Teixeira da Silva and André Luiz de Oliveira, ordering each to face a new jury trial.
• As a result, Flordelis is to serve the sentence (reports indicate custody in Bangu) and prosecutors and courts will proceed with retrial preparations for the three family members, a development that could extend legal and public scrutiny of the case.