Judge Marco Aurelio de Mello attends a session of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court began debating on Thursday whether to overturn a three-year-old rule that convicted criminals must go to prison right after losing their first appeal and not wait until they have exhausted their appeal options.
The rule contributed to the success of Brazil's biggest corruption investigation, the so-called Car Wash operation that put dozens of company executives and politicians in jail for bribes and kickbacks, including former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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