Brazil appeals court cuts Lula jail term

Updated April 24 2019 - 8:13am, first published 8:10am
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has had his jail term reduced on appeal.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has had his jail term reduced on appeal.

Brazil's Superior Court of Justice has reduced former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's prison sentence from 12 years and one month to 8 years and 10 months, allowing him to request house arrest as early as September.

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