Dossier
Hugo Motta
Coverage of Hugo Motta in the Nexus archive.
- Brazil Revives Its Plan to Try 16-Year-Olds as Adults
Brazil is reviving a plan to lower the age of adult criminal liability from 18 to 16. Speaker Hugo Motta assigned Mendonça Filho to draft the amendment report, with a 38-member committee set to begin work in August after the parliamentary recess. The judiciary committee has already cleared the text as the first hurdle.