Execution of the pardon order completed

The execution of the order of President Ilham Aliyev on the pardon of a number of convicts on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev has been completed, Trend reports. The order was executed in the Penitentiary and Probation Services of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan.

According to the order, 801 convicts were pardoned, of which 463 people were released from punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty, 220 people – from half of the unserved part of the punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty, 118 people – from other punishments not related to deprivation of liberty (restriction of liberty, corrective labor , punishment in the form of a fine and persons sentenced to a suspended sentence).

This is the largest act of pardon adopted in the history of the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, in terms of the number of persons covered by the order.

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