The President has completely released two convicted persons from serving the basic sentence /

by times news cr

As presidential adviser Mārtiņš Drēģeris informed the LETA agency, Latvia plans to provide military support to Ukraine in the amount of 0.25% of GDP / Day for the next three years”>Rinkēvičs did not support 13 of the 15 pardon requests considered.

The President of the State has so far pardoned 12 persons and examined the pardon requests of 166 convicted persons.

A request for pardon can be submitted after the court verdict has entered into force, except in cases where a person has been sentenced to imprisonment for a serious or particularly serious crime.

In cases where a person has been convicted of committing a serious crime, a pardon request can be submitted if at least half of the sentenced prison sentence has actually been served.

On the other hand, when a person is convicted of committing a particularly serious crime, a pardon request can be submitted if no less than two-thirds of the sentenced prison sentence has actually been served. In contrast, if sentenced to life imprisonment, the person must serve no less than 20 years of imprisonment before submitting the request.

The previous President Egils Levits considered 409 pardon requests during his term and supported 21. On the other hand, former President Raimonds Vējonis considered 697 pardon requests during his term and supported 22. Guntis Ulmanis considered the most pardon requests, who during his presidency considered 3391 pardon requests, from supported by 219.

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