Sérgio Moro: This is a fundamental guarantee within criminal proceedings; it is the presumption of innocence that is so often invoked in relation to the powerful and in relation to certain crimes such as white-collar crimes, but which is largely ignored in cases of this kind involving humbler people.
Sérgio Moro: I, personally, make no distinction: the presumption of innocence is a right for everyone, but it must be taken seriously.
In particular, regarding that sentence, in addition to the disproportion of the penalties – 14 years for a Pix of R$500 – it seems to me that the argumentative and evidentiary leap to say that those R$500 did indeed represent financing for an attempted coup or the execution of a coup is something that is not justified.
Sérgio Moro: And we see these moments... And people may ask why worry about a businessman in Santa Catarina?
Sérgio Moro: Let him bear the consequences, even if they are heavier and unlawful, for his act.