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Convicted nun killer ordered freed
SAN PAULO, Brazil, May 20 (UPI) -- A rancher sentenced to 30 years in prison in the slaying of a U.S. missionary in Brazil can remain free while he appeals his conviction, a judge has ruled.
A judge in San Paulo issued the order Tuesday in the case of Regivaldo Galvao, found guilty in the February 2005 slaying of Dorothy Stang, the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de San Paulo reported.
Galvao was arrested in late 2008 and convicted May 1.
Stang, a 73-year-old American-born member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur order known for her outspoken efforts on behalf of Brazil's poor and the environment, was killed in Anapu, a city in Para state, located in the country's Amazon Basin. Stang was outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment, and had previously received death threats from loggers and land owners.
Several other defendants also have been convicted in Stang's death.
SAN PAULO, Brazil, May 20 (UPI) -- A rancher sentenced to 30 years in prison in the slaying of a U.S. missionary in Brazil can remain free while he appeals his conviction, a judge has ruled.
A judge in San Paulo issued the order Tuesday in the case of Regivaldo Galvao, found guilty in the February 2005 slaying of Dorothy Stang, the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de San Paulo reported.
Galvao was arrested in late 2008 and convicted May 1.
Stang, a 73-year-old American-born member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur order known for her outspoken efforts on behalf of Brazil's poor and the environment, was killed in Anapu, a city in Para state, located in the country's Amazon Basin. Stang was outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment, and had previously received death threats from loggers and land owners.
Several other defendants also have been convicted in Stang's death.
