Retired Brazilian colonel ordered to pay damages for the torture and death of a journalist

Source: Associated Press

Retired Brazilian colonel ordered to pay damages for the torture and death of a journalist
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 10:27 AM

SAO PAULO — A Brazilian court has sentenced a retired army colonel to pay damages for the torture and death of a journalist 41 years ago during Brazil’s long military dictatorship.

The anti-torture group Tortura Nunca Mais says it is the first time a former high-ranking officer has been found guilty of crimes committed during the 1964-1985 military government.

Sao Paulo state court Judge Claudia de Lima Menge says in a statement posted Wednesday that former Col. Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was responsible for the “brutal beatings” that led to the death of Luiz Eduardo da Rocha Merlino in a Sao Paulo jail in 1971.

Menge ordered Ustra to pay 50,000 reals ($25,000) each to Merlino’s common-law wife and his sister.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/retired-brazilian-colonel-ordered-to-pay-damages-for-the-torture-and-death-of-a-journalist/2012/06/27/gJQAn9Yu6V_story.html

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Retired Brazilian colonel ordered to pay damages for the torture and death of a journalist (Original post)	Judi Lynn	Jun 2012	OP
Yeah, that'll teach him. Now, don't do that again. n/t	Ian David	Jun 2012	#1
Mocking justice achieves nothing.. This IS Justice. What do you want? n/t	clang1	Jun 2012	#3
It's better than nothing, but it's pretty weak justice	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#4
There IS justice in the World. Never give up, Never let anyone tell you that there is no justice.	clang1	Jun 2012	#2

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:19 PM

Ian David (68,446 posts)

1. Yeah, that'll teach him. Now, don't do that again. n/t

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Response to Ian David (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:55 PM

clang1 (884 posts)

3. Mocking justice achieves nothing.. This IS Justice. What do you want? n/t

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Response to clang1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:17 PM

Downtown Hound (8,211 posts)

4. It's better than nothing, but it's pretty weak justice

$25,000 for torturing a man? And God only knows what else he did during the reign of terror that he never got convicted for.

Would you call a $25,000 payment justice for those who guarded the concentration camps? I sure wouldn't.

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Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:54 PM

clang1 (884 posts)

2. There IS justice in the World. Never give up, Never let anyone tell you that there is no justice.

n/t

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