Clemency Board invites prisoners to apply
24 Mar 2010, 5:55 PM
Laura Restrepo Ortega
The Clemency Board has begun its work today and the President’s Office has started sending out forms for prisoners to apply for clemency under the new Clemency Law.
The law was passed by Parliament on their last session of 2009. It gives President Mohamed Nasheed the power to grant pardons and commute sentences for prisoners.
It also allows the president to reduce sentences, as well as grant life sentences where death sentences had been previously issued.
The Bill specifies crimes that will not be eligible for pardon, such as murder, terrorism, sexual abuse of children, rape, drug trafficking, offences against Islam, and homosexuality.
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