Provisional execution of sentence after second-instance conviction: Divergent Rulings of the Supreme Court
Provisional execution of sentence after second-instance conviction: Divergent Rulings of the Supreme Court
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2026.1936Keywords:
Provisional Execution of Sentence; Presumption of Innocence; Supreme Federal Court; Constitutional Mutation; Final JudgmentAbstract
This study analyzes the jurisprudential evolution regarding the provisional execution of sentences following second-instance convictions within the Brazilian legal system. This highly controversial constitutional issue is examined in light of the principle of the presumption of innocence (Art. 5, LVII, CF/88) and the fundamental rights of the defendant. The research describes the hermeneutic shifts of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) across four distinct periods: the admissibility of execution (1988–2009); the prohibition established in HC 84.078-7/MG (2009–2016); the return to the possibility of imprisonment after second-instance decisions (2016–2019); and the reaffirmation of the necessity of a final judgment (res judicata) in ADCs 43, 44, and 54. Finally, it examines the current legal landscape consolidated by RE 1.235.340/SC (2024), which forbids early execution except for convictions by the Jury Trial. The methodology relies on a bibliographic and documentary review of the primary constitutional mutations and legislative changes that grounded these jurisprudential shifts.
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