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Former Brazilian President Lula Convicted Of Corruption, Sentenced To Prison
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 12, 2017 02:02pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Colin Dwyer |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 12, 2017 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison.
Still, Lula — as he's commonly known — plans to appeal the conviction. He will remain free as long as that appeals process unfolds.
As Reuters reports, Judge Sergio Moro found the popular politician guilty of taking more than $1 million in bribes from an engineering firm.
The marquee conviction is just the latest development in a massive corruption probe known as Operation Car Wash, which has also shaken the tenure of Brazil's current president, Michel Temer. The deeply unpopular sitting president has been slapped with formal corruption charges of his own after allegedly accepting millions of dollars in bribes from a Brazilian meatpacking corporation. |
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