Not aviation related, but quite interesting. In 1992 there was a rebellion at the infamous Carandiru prison in São Paulo, in the Brazilian southeast. Led by a colonel of the Polícia Militar, Ubiratan Guimarães, law enforcement agents invaded one of the prison buildings with the result that 111 prisoners were killed.

Colonel Guimarães went to trial for the deaths of 102 of the prisoners, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 632 years in jail. Because he did not have a criminal record, colonel Guimarães did not go to jail while he appealed the case.

Yesterday the case was heard by an appellate court (Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo), which voted 20 to 2 to exculpate the colonel.

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