Meet 5 of Latin America’s Bravest Judges
Meet 5 of Latin America’s Bravest Judges
By
Rachelle Krygier, Benjamin Russell
Rule of law is essential to a free state - but in much of the region, those who work for justice live under threat.
Odilon de Oliveira is 68 years old and worried about retirement - but not for the reasons you think. One of Brazil’s most outspoken criminal judges, de Oliveira has sent dozens of the country’s most wanted drug traffickers to prison for extended stays. But that work has come at a cost – he and his family are the targets of frequent death threats, and the PCC, a Brazilian drug-...
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