110. On October 27, 1978, the Federal Judge delivered a ruling in which he affirmed, inter alia, that “it is irrefutable fact in the present case that Vladimir Herzog […] died an unnatural death while on the premises of the Intelligence Operations Detachment of the Center for Internal Defense (DOI/CODI), a subordinate organ and component of the Second Army.” 187 The judge also wrote that “it is irrefutable fact that Vladimir Herzog was found in his cell, in partial suspension, hanging by a belt of green fabric, the same color as the one-piece uniform he was wearing, clothing he was given by the agents charged with guaranteeing his physical safety.” 188 Continuing, the judge wrote that “there was no good reason why the detainee should be wearing a belt,” since when he was found dead, he was dressed in a one-piece uniform.189 Furthermore, the witnesses gave “coherent” testimony that “detainees at the DOI/CODI did not wear belts and did not have shoe laces or socks, and no evidence to the contrary was produced at trial.” 190 111. As for the report on the autopsy done on Vladimir Herzog, the judge wrote that Dr. Harry Shibata, testified that “he never saw the body of Vladimir Herzog.”191 Thus, the judge held that the autopsy report and the additional examination ordered in the military police investigation, have no legal “efficacy.” 192 As for the military police investigation, the judge wrote that its evidentiary value “is merely informative; in other words, the information it contains is for the Public Prosecutor’s Office and only has probative value if repeated at trial or if the information is consistent with the evidence produced in court.” 193 The judge also wrote that the statements “most favorable” to the Federal Union’s account of Vladimir Herzog’s death were not repeated at trial and “contradict the evidence produced under the adversarial principle.” 194 He pointed out that the Federal Union failed to prove that the suicide had occurred.195 112. The judge also pointed to the unlawfulness of the journalist’s detention, writing “no reference is made to any investigation in which Vladimir was suspected of some crime, to any arrest warrant or to any competent authority who issued it; nor is any mention made of a communication sent to the competent judge concerning his detention.” 196 As for the Public Administration’s civil liability, the judge wrote that “from the moment the husband and father of the parties bringing the declaratory action was unlawfully detained at the facilities of the Second Army’s DOI/CODI, the Federal Union unquestionably became responsible for his physical and moral safety […]." 197 187 Texto original: “É fato incontroverso nos presentes autos que Vladimir Herzog, [...] sofreu morte não natural, quando se encontrava nas dependências do Destacamento de Operações de Informações do Centro de Defesa Interna (DOI/CODI), órgão subordinada e componente do II Exército”187. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1004 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 188 Texto original: [f]ato incontroverso que Vladimir Herzog foi encontrado em sua cela em suspensão incompleta, enforcado por uma cinta de tecido verde, da mesma cor do macacão que trajava, vestimentas que lhe foram entregues pelos próprios agentes policiais encarregados de zelar pela sua integridade física”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1132 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 189 Texto original: “[n]ão havia qualquer motivo viável para que o detento portasse cinta, posto que o macacão que vestia quando foi encontrado morto, era inteiriç[o]”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1132 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 190 Texto original: “[d]e forma coerente e sem que tivesse produzido nos autos qualquer prova em contrário, que os presos do DOI/CODI não portavam cintos, cadarços nos sapatos ou mesmo meias”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1132 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 191 Texto original: “[e]m nenhum lugar viu o corpo de Vladimir Herzog”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1137 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 192 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1140 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 193 Texto original: “[é] meramente informativo, ou seja, as informações contidas em seu bojo dirigem-se ao Ministério Público e só adquirem valor probatório se repetidas em Juízo ou se tais informações forem coerentes com as provas produzidas judicialmente”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1142 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 194 Texto original: “[s]e contrapõem frontalmente a prova colhida sob a égide do principio do contraditório”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1143 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 195 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1143 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 196 “[n]ão ha qualquer menção a existência de inquérito em que Vladimir Herzog tenha sido indiciado, ou mandato de prisão, a autoridade competente que o tenha expedido e mesmo a comunicação de prisão ao juiz competente”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1129 – Sentencia proferida en la Ação Declaratória No. 136/76, del 27 de octubre de 1978. 197 Texto original: “[a] partir do momento em que o marido e pai dos As. [autores] foi ilegalmente preso nas dependências do DOI/CODI do II Exército, é isento de dúvidas que a União Federal assumiu a responsabilidade pela sua integridade física e moral 26