Overview
- Two of three judges on the 16ª Câmara de Direito Criminal voted to reject Deolane’s latest habeas corpus, creating a 2–0 majority that stops short of a final ruling because the third magistrate has not yet voted.
- Deolane has been held in preventive detention since May and remains in the Penitenciária Feminina de Tupi Paulista in a pavilhão especial rather than in a formal Sala de Estado‑Maior.
- The relatora, desembargadora Renata Cantello, said OAB and defense complaints amount to mere dissatisfaction with prison conditions and emphasized that Deolane’s subsequent suspension from the OAB undercuts a legal claim to Sala de Estado‑Maior.
- Official data presented to the court show 34 lawyers are currently in special cells in São Paulo and 368 lawyers have been held in such cells since 2007, and the OAB‑SP says it acted after the defense requested assistance for Deolane.
- The defense denies the money‑laundering and criminal‑organization charges and says it will use all means of proof to contest the indictments, while the unresolved third vote means the legal fight and custody status could still change.