Tim Lopes

Just read  that one of Tim Lopes' killer, Xuxa, is now out from jail after serving a few years in prison.  How is that possible? 

Award winning journalist, Tim Lopes was tortured and brutally killed in 1992.  He was reporting in Vila Cruzeiro, a favela in Rio de Janeiro.

What kind of justice is this?  A few years later the killer is given parole. No wonder Brazil has one of the highest crime rates in the world.  Over 90% of the homicides go unsolved, and of those who don't a few years in jail will do it.

The murder of Tim Lopes has not only put an end to his life and his excellent reporting, but also sent a message to the journalist class, stay away, "we" judge, "we" kill.  Meaning "we" , the drug dealers whose reign continues to grow in Rio de Janeiro.  We as media, are hostages of a corrupt and inept judicial system where the victims are guilty, and the murderers are set free.