He Received a 12-Year, 11-Month, and 25-Day Prison Sentence and May Appeal While Free, Having Denied the Accusations

He received a 12-year, 11-month, and 25-day prison sentence and may appeal while free, having denied the accusations. Prosecutors Vanessa Seguezzi, Antonio do Passo Cabral, and Sergio Suiama led the investigation, advocating for the loss of his public office and pension. The MPF's Transitional Justice group argued the crimes, committed amid systematic state attacks, constitute crimes against humanity, which are imprescriptible and not covered by the 1979 Amnesty Law under international law and Inter-American Court rulings.

Etienne died in April 2015 at 72 from respiratory failure in Niterói. In 1979, she gave a historic account to the OAB Federal Council detailing torture by CIE agents at the Casa da Morte. On July 31, Federal Judge Maria Isadora Frizao ruled in favor of the MPF, imposing the sentence, initial closed regime, loss of military office, court costs, and notification to the Defense Ministry. The ruling also recognized the rape as a crime against humanity, thus not subject to amnesty.