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09 February 2024in Expresso In complex cases, is it inevitable that defendants should be detained for so long? Comment by Carlos Melo Alves

The suspects in the Madeira corruption case have been in custody for a fortnight and still don't know the coercive measures. Does it really have to be this way?

This is the question being debated in the Duelo section of this week's Expresso newspaper, which pits our founding partner Carlos Melo Alves - who favours Yes - against Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro, President of the Portuguese Bar Association, who favours No.

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