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On April 4, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) denied the habeas corpus petition filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a constitutional remedy to prevent his arrest before his conviction becomes definitive.
Lula was sentenced first, and later on second instance, to 12 years in prison on charges of corruption, mainly for supposedly accepting an apartment as a bribe in order to facilitate dubious contracts with Petrobras, Brazil's State oil company.
