President commutes sentences of 24 inmates
29 Jan 2014, 6:21 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
President Abdulla Yameen has commuted the sentences of 24 inmates under the authority vested in the president by the Clemency Act of 2010.
According to a President’s Office statement, sentences were commuted based on the inmate’s age; time spent under house arrest, jail, or banishment; medical condition; and discipline. Conditions were attached to the commutation, the statement said.
The president considered the following criteria in commuting sentences:
Inmates must not have committed a disciplinary offense in the past two years
Inmates must not have received an presidential pardon or commutation of sentence, or drug rehabilitation through the Drug Court or been granted parole in the past five years
Inmates must not have been sentenced in 2013
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