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Since the Brazilian judiciary cleared Lula of any wrong-doing how do you know that he is guilty of corruption?

• d_e_solomon 4y ago
  It was vacated on a technicality, not a matter of fact.
  • bjourne 4y ago
    You are implying that the decision to free Lula was politically motivated. How can you then be sure that the decision to charge Lula was not politically motivated?
  • zozbot234 4y ago
    So what? No matter what "side" happens to be in charge at any given time, sane people would never want to live in a country where serious concerns of due process could be dismissed as a "mere technicality". That's just a recipe for show trials.
    • d_e_solomon 4y ago
      So what? I didn't say he should go to jail or that the verdict should have been vacated... but I wouldn't have a lot of faith in the political process if a major political figure most likely only survived a criminal trial because of a due process issue.