Brazil's Supreme Court will review legal challenges to a newly enacted law that reduces sentences for those convicted in connection with the January 8, 2023 attacks on government buildings, after Congress overrode President Lula's veto of the legislation. Justice Alexandre de Moraes — who oversaw the original criminal proceedings — has been named rapporteur and has given the presidency and Congress five days to respond before deciding whether to suspend the law.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), voted on Friday (15) to make defendants three accused of disrupting the investigations into the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes, which occurred in 2018, in Rio de Janeiro. The vote of the minister, who is the rapporteur of the case, was cast in the virtual trial of the complaint filed by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) against the former head of the Civil Police of Rio Rivaldo Barbosa, the delegate Giniton Lages and police commissioner Marco Antonio de Barros. Related news: Ministry launches New Unwind renegotiation simulator.