Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies approved the sentencing overhaul 291–148 and sent the measure to the Senate, where leaders have signaled rapid consideration.
- The bill bars stacking overlapping offenses, speeds progression to a semi‑open regime after one‑sixth of a sentence, allows study and work credits, and reduces penalties for crimes in a “context of multitude.”
- Applying the changes could cut Jair Bolsonaro’s 27‑year sentence to roughly two years and four months, according to sponsor Paulinho da Força, with final calculations left to the judiciary.
- Relief would extend to those convicted over the January 8, 2023 attacks, potentially granting parole or reduced terms to more than a hundred prisoners.
- Lula previously indicated he would veto broad amnesty‑style relief, and on Thursday said he will decide only if the bill reaches his desk, as the vote followed Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential bid and unfolded in a chaotic session with a deputy removed, the broadcast cut and reporters expelled.