Marielle Franco, Brazil

Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco
A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’s political left whose killing sparked outrage.
Marielle Franco's killers sentenced to 78, 59 years in jail
Over six years after Brazilian councilwoman and Black LGBT activist Marielle Franco was murdered by former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Queiroz in hopes of collecting the million-dollar bounty on Franco's head,
Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentence for the 2018 killing of leftist icon Marielle Franco
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’ s political left whose killing sparked outrage.
Judge sentences 2 former cops to 79 and 59 years for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco
Judge sentences 2 former cops to 79 and 59 years for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco
Brazil judge sentences ex-cops over Marielle Franco killing
Two former cops convicted of murdering the Rio de Janeiro councilwoman in 2018 were sentenced to 78 and 59 years in jail respectively. Franco, a gay Black woman, was an icon of the Brazilian left.A Brazilian judge on Thursday handed lengthy jail terms to two former cops over the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco.
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