The court annulled the trial of 5 military police officers who had been sentenced to 7 years in prison for the death of 3 teenagers in Goiânia.
The decision took place last Wednesday (21). Judges pointed out that there was no individualization of the conduct of each accused during the trial.
The young people were killed in March 2019. Police officers entered the residence and shot the 3 victims after searching for a vehicle used in robberies.
A report showed that the vehicle did not have any fingerprints from the victims. The defendants were acquitted before being sentenced in April 2025.
The court annulled the trial of the five military police officers who had been sentenced to seven years in semi-open prison for the deaths of three teenagers in Goiânia. The decision of the judges of the Criminal Section of the Court of Justice of Goiás (TJGO) accepted the arguments of the police officers' defense, that, in the jury trial, there was no individualization of the defendants' conduct and the lethal results, that is, the deaths.
Young people Pedro Henrique Souza Santos, Walisson Barros dos Santos and Maycon Ferreira Conceição da Silva were killed in March 2019, in a house in Setor Jardim das Aroeiras.
The conviction of PMs George Gomes de Souza, Pablo Andrade Corrêa, Paulo Henrique Borges, Ricardo Martins Vinhadelli and Willian Kennedy Palmieri Capucho Leão took place in April 2025. At the time, judge Jesseir Coelho de Alcântara, who presided over the session, considered that the crimes were committed through a plurality of actions to apply the penalty.
In the decision last Wednesday (21), which annulled the trial, the reporting judge Donizete Martins de Oliveira stated that there was incompatibility between the reconstruction of the facts in the previous ruling and the deliberation of the jurors.
"The questions submitted to the Sentencing Council did not describe the conduct of each accused, nor did they distinguish authorship of participation for each victim, although the technical evidence has individualized the shootings, which prevents the safe assessment of the jurors' deliberation on the concrete participation of each defendant", said the magistrate.
Oliveira also highlighted that, according to the Federal Constitution, the jury's verdicts require the formulation of questions that allow "a conscious and legally coherent statement by the Sentencing Council, not authorizing the suppression of individual deliberation on the criminal responsibility of each accused in crimes of collective authorship".
According to the police investigation, the military police officers were part of the Ostensive Rapid Intervention Group (GIRO) at the time of the crime. On the date of the incident, they went to Maycon's house to check if a black Voyage vehicle, used in robberies in the region, was there. The police broke down the gate to enter the house and shot Pedro Henrique, who died instantly.
According to the process, when trying to escape, Walisson and Maycon were also shot dead by police officers. The first was hit by three shots, while the second, by nine.
It was proven in the report that the car that was allegedly used in the crime did not have fingerprints compatible with any of the victims.
The military police officers were charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office with murder. Afterwards, the accused were acquitted by the 3rd Court of Intentional Crimes Against Life, but the Court of Justice of Goiás (TJGO) accepted an appeal from the Public Prosecutor's Office and sent the defendants to a popular jury.
On the day of the trial, Lúguia Ferreira Bastos, mother of teenager Walisson, told g1 that she was undergoing treatment with a psychiatrist after losing her son and demanded punishment for the five defendants.
"I lived for this, for today [...] For a mother to lose a child is a suffering. It's a struggle on top of a struggle. I undergo treatment with a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I also take medicine to sleep and stay calm", reported Lúguia.
According to Lúguia, his son worked as a stocker in a supermarket. "I had no problems with anyone. I never had trouble, not even at school. I always worked and studied," he said.
