A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected an appeal from the defense of Robson de Souza ‘Robinho’ and decided that the former soccer player went to prison to serve the nine-year sentence imposed by the Italian Justice for rape.
The magistrate Luiz Fux He tacitly rejected the habeas corpus request of the defense of the former player of Real Madrid, Manchester City, MIlan and Santos, among others, and ordered the execution of the judgment of the Superior Court of Justice, which on Wednesday decided that Robinho was must serve. his sentence in Brazil.sentence handed down in Italy for participating in the gang rape of an Albanian girl.
The defense arguments
The request from Robinho’s defense argued that the decision by Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice to approve the nine-year prison sentence handed down by Italian courts contradicted the South American country’s constitution, which prohibits the extradition of its citizens.
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, which is one step below the Supreme Court, ruled on Wednesday by nine votes in favor and two against that Robinho serve his sentence immediately in a Brazilian prison and in a closed regime.
Habeas corpus is a mechanism provided by the Brazilian constitution for anyone who feels threatened by a prison order that they consider illegal or the result of an abuse of power.
Source: La Verdad
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