Brazil’s Lula da Silva rejects semi-open prison conditions

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected exercising his right to semi-open prison conditions after spending a year and a half in a cell.
Prosecutors who led the corruption case against the Brazilian politician requested last week that he now be given more flexible conditions, which could include house arrest.
But da Silva ruled that possibility out in a letter published on his website Monday, saying he wants to leave imprisonment with a decision of