A Brazilian judge sentenced two former police officers to decades behind bars on Thursday for the 2018 murders of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver. A rising star in Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party, Franco was a Black and gay progressive council member born in a poor Rio neighbourhood. Her death at 38 sparked nationwide protests by Brazilians fed up with endemic violence.
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