Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Brazil's Senate approved a bill that reduces sentences for those convicted of coup-related crimes, which could benefit former President Jair Bolsonaro and others convicted over the Jan. 8, 2023, attack on government buildings in the capital a week after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.

The move could slash Bolsonaro’s prison sentence from 27 years to just over two years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Brazil’s Congress Brazil’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill that could sharply reduce former president Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail sentence for an alleged  coup plot, potentially cutting his…