Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a controversial bill, spearheaded by Paulo Pereira da Silva, that could significantly reduce Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for coup attempts and affect over a hundred individuals convicted for the January 8, 2023, attacks.The legislation, passed with 291 votes in favor despite opposition from the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government, proposes reducing sentences when offenses are committed as part of a crowd, potentially cutting Bolsonaro's penalty to approximately two years and four months.As the bill moves to the
Senate, Bolsonaro's lawyers requested his release for urgent surgeries due to health concerns; he was convicted by the
Supreme Court in September and incarcerated in late November.