Protests as Brazilian court doubles ex-president Lula’s jail term (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Protests as Brazilian court doubles ex-president Lula’s jail term (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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8 February 2019
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Brazilian prosecutors have doubled former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s jail sentence following his second corruption and money laundering case. His supporters took to the streets in protest across Brazil Thursday.

Lula, 73, who led Brazil between 2003 and 2010, was convicted on corruption charges in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He later had the conviction upheld in January 2018 for which he is currently serving a punitively extended 12-year sentence. Now, an additional 12 years and 11 months have been added to his sentence following this latest conviction.

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