Domingos Inácio Brazão

Domingos Inácio Brazão is a former advisor to Rio de Janeiro's Court of Auditors. He and his brother, João Francisco Inácio Brazão (a former congressman), have been convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court for ordering the murder of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councillor and activist. This conviction is the reason for their current newsworthiness. The recent event is the sentencing, where both brothers received 76 years and three months in prison. The case is highly significant due to Franco's prominence as a Black, LGBTQ+ activist and the long-standing impunity surrounding her assassination nearly eight years ago. The conviction marks a major development in a case that has drawn international attention and criticism of Brazil's justice system.