minus-squareNils@piefed.catoWorld News@lemmy.world•Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil couplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-23 days agoBrazil uses Civil Law, as many other countries do, not Common Law as in the USA. Brazil does have the concept of Jury, but this case fits a different criterion. There are some conditions for a jury in USA as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juries_in_the_United_States linkfedilink
Brazil uses Civil Law, as many other countries do, not Common Law as in the USA.
Brazil does have the concept of Jury, but this case fits a different criterion.
There are some conditions for a jury in USA as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juries_in_the_United_States