I’m glad my second hand translation of your supremely helpful comment turned out to be accurate. Thanks for a supremely enlightening post about how the law works outside of the USA!

Thanks for the reply!

Thank you for taking time to explain this in the first place, and for revisiting the topic!

No, it did not. Sponsors fled the team, the city-owned stadium they played in tried to figure out what they could do, local women’s groups protested the decision, etc.

What Tim said. Sounds like reasons for the appea doesn’t matter. It’s still under appeal by the first level of higher court, so he’s still “presumed innocent” by the law.

In short, because that’s how the Brazilian justice system works. The letter of the law is significantly more important, as such a sentence hasn’t been handed down in his case and he has not begun to serve time for conviction due to the pending appeal. The reason of the appeal is meaningless, until the appeal is…

English isn’t your first language?????? Holy hell... I wish English was my second language so i could write that clearly! Well done sir!

The linked comment explains this somewhat, but my understanding (which might be wrong!) is that Bruno is technically innocent—or maybe more accurately, not guilty—until this appeal is heard, and so in effect it was holding an “innocent” man in prison for four years waiting to hear an appeal.

Ordered his ex tortured and murdered? Sounds like a keeper.

You don’t have to stress that the audio can get loud. Nobody has ever softly whispered ‘Nigger’ in the history of the English language.

It’s also important to recognize the motivation that women often have to acquit. Some of it stems from self-preservation. If you can point to the thing that other woman over there did wrong that caused her to “get raped” then you can rest assured that you’re safe from rape because you would never do those things. If…

“because they’re afraid that sooner or later those comparisons start being made on the Palestinian issue”

Back up: a *glass* of *Mountain Dew*?

The better to savor the nose-tickling bouquet.

You pour your Mountain Dew in a glass? Classy.

I’m afraid a star will have to suffice. :-)

What’s next: will a Russian prostitute urinate on it?

Long-ass hot showers are the tits.

Uplifting the girls makes it easier to shake them until the found art falls out.

Well said. This makes me so furious. What a piece of shit this asswipe is.