(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Trend
The pardon decree [signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
on May 27] was also executed in the Gobustan prison of the
Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan,
Trend reports.
In accordance with the decree, two citizens were released from
the Gobustan prison.
One of them is Shamsi Samadzade, who was well-known businessman
in Azerbaijan in the 1990s, and was sentenced to life imprisonment
on December 29, 2000 by the Grave Crimes Court and spent 23 years
in prison.
Another released citizen is Nuraddin Mustafayev.
Deputy Head of the Penitentiary Service Ogtay Mammadov said that
according to the pardon decree, 168 people were released, and the
sentence term for 30 convicts was reduced.
Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Sabina Aliyeva noted
that this is the first time that a person sentenced to life
imprisonment was immediately released in accordance with the decree
of the country's president.
'Prior to this, life-sentenced prisoners were also pardoned, but
their sentence term was reduced by half. Therefore, I congratulate
the convict and his family,' added Aliyeva.
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