Tragedy reveals flaws in nightclub safety standards and urges lawmakers to take action. Nightclub Kiss: After 10 years no one has been arrested.
Ten years have passed, 242 people have died and no one has been arrested for the crime at the Nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
Relatives and victims of the tragedy, which completes 10 years this Friday (27), are still awaiting the result of Justice.
In this way, the country awaits justice, first of all, for the families of the victims. So, find out how everything is today. Nightclub Kiss: After 10 years no one has been arrested.
What was the charge?
At first, all were accused of murder by the MPE. In 2021, they were sentenced by a jury to prison terms ranging from 18 to 22 years.
For non-compliance with the rules for installing judicial councils, the State Court of Justice invalidated the sentence and extinguished the prison in August last year.
Thus, the State Public Prosecutor's Office appealed hoping that everyone will be arrested again. That is, the MEP is still fighting against impunity in this case that saddened the country.
Sandro Luis Mineiros, Regional Representative of Santa Maria who managed the investigation, says he regrets that the justice process has taken so long.
“We closed on the 27th, ten years since this senseless tragedy.
And, unfortunately, a definitive answer to this process has not been given to society and, above all, to the relatives and loved ones of the deceased victims. Not to mention those who remain with sequels”, he said.
Thus, Luciano Bonilha's defense argued that the jury's verdict, which had been rejected, was unfair. Lawyer Jean Severo expects a decision later this year.
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Bruno Seligman de Menezes, lawyer for Mauro Londero, hopes that the revocation will remain. and a new trial will provide a just verdict.
According to Tatiana Vizzotto Borsa, singer Marcelo's lawyer, the musician continues to work in São Vicente do Sul until the decision of the STF. Elissandro Spohr's defense declined to comment.
In this way, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio Grande do Sul communicated in a note that in addition to the four accused of murder, 19 people.
Among firefighters and former members of Casa de Shows, they were indicted for crimes such as ideological falsehood and negligence.
Another 27 were accused of ideological misrepresentation that proved to be false. Because they signed documents declaring that they lived less than 100 meters from the Casa de Concerts in Santa Maria known as Boate Kiss.
Legislation changed after the tragedy
First, the tragedy exposed the nightclubs' lax safety standards and demanded that lawmakers take action.
Thus, in 2017, a new federal law known as the Kiss Act took effect.
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The text established stricter rules in terms of safety, prevention and protection against fire in public establishments throughout the national territory.
Finally, among the legislative changes, Kirla Pignaton, future Military Firefighter of the Federal District and researcher of the Kiss case, highlights the determination that all installations have maximum capacity at their entrance door.
