Sérgio Moro: And this bill comes at a good time to try to close that door, establishing objective criteria that recommend the decreeing of preventive detention for certain circumstances: serious crimes, repeated offenses, crimes committed by criminal organizations and, primarily, people who were already released at previous custody hearings and who must be kept detained.
Sérgio Moro: There cannot be that catch-and-release between the police and the criminal, because it ends up generating a sense of impunity and the demoralization of Justice.
And, more recently, we also approved a new bill, of which I was Rapporteur here in the Senate, that expands our national criminal DNA database, which is a powerful instrument for criminal investigation — it is the modern fingerprint: if the criminal leaves any bodily trace at the crime scene — and this is especially relevant for violent crimes, for organized crime, crimes that involve some physical involvement by the criminal — there is great potential for him to be promptly identified, including reducing investigation costs, reducing impunity, and we have several examples to that effect in Brazil.
Sérgio Moro: This bill was approved in Congress, went to the Planalto (Presidential Palace), and is still pending sanction or veto; the deadline is set for the 22nd.
Sérgio Moro: But although there is still much to advance — we need to advance a great deal regarding public security in the country — at least we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.