President pardons 168 prisoners
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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has pardoned 168 prisoners; 114 of them will be released from prison today, while the remaining 54 will have their prison terms shortened.
Head of the President’s Pardon Commission Zviad Koridze announced this morning that six of the 168 pardoned inmates were women.
The President is only authorised person to pardon inmates in Georgia but he is not the only person involved in the decision on who is pardoned.
The President’s Pardon Commission is composed of ten people including Koridze. Commission members are mainly lawyers from the civil sector, public figures, the Public Defender and a spiritual representative from Georgia’s Patriarchate.
The group are tasked to discuss the cases sent to the Commission by certain inmates or their families and write down a list of prisoners they believe who deserve to be pardoned.
The President makes final decision whether to pardon the inmates or not.
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has pardoned 155 prisoners; 105 of them will be released from prison today, while the remaining 50 will have their prison terms decreased.
Today the President of Georgia pardoned 238 prisoners, but not all of these inmates will be released from jail.
Georgia’s President and the Pardon Commission have discussed the possibility of offering a pardon to inmates serving life sentences in Georgian prisons.
Georgia’s Pardon Commission has a new leader after the previous one stepped down and ran in the municipal elections and was elected a member of Tbilisi City Council.
One hundred and twenty two inmates will meet the New Year at home following their release from prison after the President’s pardon today.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has granted a pardon to 157 prisoners. Of these, 93 inmates will be released from prison today while the remaining 64 have had their prison terms commuted.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has granted a pardon to 157 prisoners. Of these, 93 inmates will be released from prison today while the remaining 64 have had their prison terms commuted.
Sixty-two inmates will meet the upcoming Easter holidays at home following their release from prison after a presidential pardon was announced today.