How the Lula Car Wash cases unfolded

TRF-4 upholds the conviction and increases the sentence to 12 years and one month

Appeal judgment in the triplex case (as reported by IstoÉ). The three judges upheld the conviction and raised the sentence to 12 years and one month.

Lula begins serving his sentence in Curitiba

Hardt convicts Lula in the Atibaia case

Sentence in the Atibaia case (as reported by Exame). Convicted Lula of passive corruption and money laundering and sentenced him to 12 years and 11 months.

Lula is released after 580 days following an STF ruling

Fachin annuls the Curitiba decisions in HC 193726

Decision in Habeas Corpus 193726. Declared the Curitiba court incompetent because the alleged conduct was not directly tied to the Petrobras scheme, annulled all its decisions in the triplex, Atibaia and two Instituto Lula cases, including the convictions, and sent the cases to the Federal Court of the Federal District.

STF Second Panel finds Moro partial in the triplex case

STF Plenary confirms the annulment by 8 votes to 3

Judgment on the appeals against the decision in HC 193726. By 8 votes to 3 the Plenary rejected the Prosecutor General's appeal and upheld the annulment.

STF Plenary upholds the bias finding by 7 votes to 4

Judgment in HC 164493 and HC 193726. By 7 votes to 4 the Plenary upheld the Second Panel's ruling of 23 March 2021 that Moro was partial in the triplex case, so all his decisions in that case remain annulled, including pre-trial acts.

Brasília judge rejects the refiled Atibaia complaint on limitation grounds

Decision on the refiled Atibaia complaint (as reported by Gazeta do Povo). Rejected the complaint and declared punishability extinguished for defendants over 70, including Lula, because of the statute of limitations.