Brazil's Bolsonaro is going to prison. Here is how he can get out

On paper, former President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to prison until the age of 97. In fact, legal experts say the ex-president is unlikely to spend more than a fraction of his 27-year sentence behind bars after the Brazilian Supreme Court found him guilty of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election he lost. First, Brazilian convicts often serve just a sixth of their sentence under full custody before entering a day-release program. More importantly, the far-right firebrand's allies have laid out plans to spring him in short order, working the levers of power in all three branches of government. His political avenues to freedom include legislative amnesty, a presidential pardon after the 2026 election or efforts to...