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April 9, 2018

Brazil: Lula Begins Serving Jail Sentence, After 2-Day Standoff
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In Brazil, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has
turned himself in to police and has begun serving a 12-year prison
sentence for a highly controversial corruption conviction. His surrender
came after a two-day standoff, during which he spent the night in São
Paulo's steelworkers' union building to avoid his incarceration. Lula's
jailing comes after the Supreme Court rejected Lula's bid to stay out of
jail while he appealed his conviction, effectively removing him from
Brazil's presidential election later this year, where he was the
front-runner. We'll go to Brazil for more on Lula's jailing later in the
broadcast. We'll speak with The Intercept's co-founder Glenn Greenwald.


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