BRASILIA — Lawmakers expressed outrage this week after a Supreme Court justice suspended new legislation specifically designed to reduce a former president's 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup down to just over two years.

The "Law of Dosimetry," which drastically lowers penalties for crimes against the democratic order, was pushed through by a conservative-majority Congress in April after overturning a presidential veto. The successful override coincided directly with the birthday of the former president's senator son, who publicly thanked his colleagues on the floor for the "special birthday present" of legally excusing his father's January 2023 insurrection.

"We are simply streamlining the judicial process to ensure fairness," said a congressional spokesperson, defending the move to erase over 90 percent of the coup plotter's sentence exactly five months before a general election. "It is standard legislative practice to rewrite the penal code during an election year to release your party's primary political figurehead from a federal penitentiary."

At press time, the Supreme Court maintained its suspension of the law, citing constitutional challenges regarding the legislative branch attempting to retroactively legalize the violent overthrow of the exact system of government they currently control.