{"id":32455,"date":"2021-06-30T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=32455"},"modified":"2021-07-06T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:36:47","slug":"supreme-court-fast-tracks-vote-on-overturning-of-in-person-custody-hearings","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/supreme-court-fast-tracks-vote-on-overturning-of-in-person-custody-hearings\/","title":"Supreme Court suspends vote on overturning of in-person custody hearings","content":"

Updated on 07\/05\/2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Following the request for an adjournment by Justice Gilmar Mendes, the Supreme Court suspended on Thursday, July 1, in a virtual session, its judgment of the injunction granted on Monday, June 28, by Justice Nunes Marques that <\/span>dispenses with the need for state governments to hold in-person pre-trial custody hearings<\/b>. No date has been set, but the case will now have to be judged by an in-person session of the court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The injunction was granted in response to the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality No. 6841<\/a> filed by the AMB (Association of Brazilian Judges). The association is challenging the decision of the National Congress to overturn a veto of the passage of the Anti-Crime Bill that bans custody hearings from being held virtually.<\/span><\/p>\n

Custody hearings must be held <\/span>within 24 hours of arrest<\/b>, serving to determine the legality of the detention and to <\/span>identify any signs of torture<\/b> and mistreatment suffered by the arrested person, especially by the police.<\/span><\/p>\n

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