DYING TO LEAVE: Wrongfully Jailed Man Dies On Day He Was Due To Be Freed

Briner de Cesar Bitencourt poses in an undated photo. Bitencourt died in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Note: Picture is private (@briner_bitencourt/Newsflash) Briner de Cesar Bitencourt poses in an undated photo. Bitencourt died in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Note: Picture is private (@briner_bitencourt/Newsflash)
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13 October 2022
A 23-year-old man who had been wrongfully held in a Brazilian jail for a year when his flatmates were caught with marijuana plants has died on the same day he received a release permit to leave prison. Briner de Cesar Bitencourt was being held in the Palmas Penal Unit (UPP) in Palmas...