Moraes Rejects House Arrest for Marielle Case Convict, Allows Escorted Biopsy

Overview

• Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes denied humanitarian house arrest for Robson Calixto but authorized a temporary, police-escorted leave for a biopsy at a private hospital.
• The March 5 decision followed defense claims of suspected prostate cancer and permits only the specific medical procedure outside the prison.
• Moraes said the record did not show an exceptional or new condition that would prevent serving the sentence in a prison facility.
• The Prosecutor-General’s Office opposed house arrest yet favored allowing external exams, citing a medical junta’s view that a custody change was unnecessary.
• Calixto, sentenced to nine years for intermediating contacts in the plot, was convicted alongside the Brazão brothers, who received 76-year terms as masterminds, as Carlos Bolsonaro publicly criticized the speed of the biopsy authorization compared with a separate case involving his father.