BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 26. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has signed a decree on "Pardoning a number of convicted persons", Trend reports.
A total of 175 individuals have had the remaining terms of their
jail sentences reduced or eliminated as a result of the decision.
Furthermore, 25 offenders have had half of their sentences reduced
for the unserved portion.
Also pardoned were two individuals whose sentences had been
postponed and one person whose prison term had been conditionally
applied.
Furthermore, the remaining portions of the sentences of ten individuals subjected to restricted freedom have been commuted, while the sentences of two individuals in the same category were reduced by half. Additionally, one person fined and four people condemned to correctional labor have all been released from their sentences.
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