Barroso, of the STF, denies habeas corpus to Anderson Torres

One of the habeas corpus filed by Torres’ defense presented a medical report stating that the former minister was “suicide risk”. The other maintains that preventive detention, after almost four months, is illegal.

In both cases, Barroso pointed out that the Court jurisprudence does not allow habeas corpus against monocratic decision of court ministers. “Under these conditions, there is no alternative but to deem the process extinct, without resolution of the merits, due to the inadequacy of the chosen path”, decided the minister. Torres’ preventive detention was determined by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and his decision was endorsed by the Court.