RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police officer will serve 21 years in prison after confessing to joining fellow officers in murdering a Rio de Janeiro judge who dared take on the state’s criminal militias, a court ruled.
Cpl. Sergio Costa Junior of the Sao Goncalo department of Rio state police was initially sentenced Tuesday to 33 1/2 years for murder and racketeering. The term was reduced because he confessed and is helping the prosecution of 10 other police officers who are facing trial in the slaying of Judge Patricia Acioli.
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