In a sparsely lit conference room, a judge asks a 40ish woman in a leather jacket why she was detained. She was arrested because of a “stupid joke,” she says. This scene – from the September 13 episode of “The Force of Loving,” the most popular soap opera in Brazil – may sound prosaic, but it portrays a long-overdue achievement of the country´s justice system.
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