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The Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor's Office (MP-RJ) has filed an appeal seeking to annul the trial that resulted in judicial pardon being granted to Henry Borel's mother, Monique Medeiros da Costa e Silva. Prosecutor Fábio Vieira dos Santos alleges that the reformulation of a question during jury voting contaminated the result of the jury trial that ended in the early hours of June 4, 2026. ✓
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"O Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MP-RJ) protocolou na Justiça um recurso pedindo a anulação do julgamento que resultou no perdão judicial concedido à mãe da criança, Monique Medeiros"
Monique Medeiros' trial in the Henry Borel case took place at the II Criminal Jury Court of Rio de Janeiro, presided over by Judge Elizabeth Machado Louro, between May 25 and June 4, 2026. The jurors convicted Jairo Souza Santos Junior, known as Jairinho, to 43 years, 9 months and 20 days in prison for qualified intentional homicide and torture. As for Monique, the jurors reclassified the charge from intentional homicide to culpable homicide by omission and convicted her of torture by omission to 1 year and 4 months in prison. ?
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"A concessão do perdão judicial à professora Monique Medeiros, mãe do menino Henry Borel, encerrou dez dias de julgamento no II Tribunal do Júri do Rio de Janeiro, na madrugada do dia 4, mas abriu um novo conflito jurídico... foi decretado pela juíza titular Elizabeth Louro"
According to the prosecutor, the controversy arose when the judge reformulated a question about whether Monique's omission was intentional in relation to the homicide. "The judge asked if Monique's omission was intentional. The jurors voted yes, and the yes answer, consequently, brings conviction for intentional homicide," Fábio Vieira told Estadão. The magistrate allegedly changed the question to "was the defendant's omission culpable?", inverting the scope of yes and no in the voting. ✓
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"A juíza perguntou se a omissão de Monique foi dolosa. Os jurados votaram que sim, e a resposta sim, por consequência, traz a condenação por homicídio doloso. Nesse momento, ela já estava condenada por homicídio doloso"
Monique's defense, represented by lawyer Florence Rosa, countered the prosecution's allegations. "This is absurd. During my argument I speak of negligence, which was precisely the thesis accepted by the sentencing council. Negligence is one of the substrates of culpability," declared the lawyer after the sentence reading. Jairinho's defense also announced it will file an appeal for annulment of the trial. ✓
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"Isso é um absurdo. Vocês que estavam acompanhando o julgamento viram que durante a minha sustentação eu falo em negligência, que foi justamente a tese acatada pelo conselho de sentença. Negligência é um dos substratos da culpa"
Henry Borel died on March 8, 2021, at 4 years old
The trial lasted ten days and was the longest in recent history of Rio's Criminal Jury Court
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
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Which court will hear the prosecution's appeal and when?
Why it's still unknown: No outlet specified the appellate instance or procedural timeline for hearing the appeal
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What are the jurisprudential precedents on judicial pardon in feminicide cases with maternal participation?
Why it's still unknown: Coverage does not mention specific doctrine or STJ/STF precedents on judicial pardon when there is maternal omission in fatal domestic violence
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Does Monique remain free during the prosecution's appeal proceedings?
Why it's still unknown: Outlets report she was released on June 4, but do not clarify the suspensive effect or not of the filed appeal