28 August 2010, 14:00

Over 200 prisoners pardoned in Georgia

Today, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed a decree to pardon 211 prisoners. 29 other inmates will have their terms shortened.

The pardon was dated to the Assumption of the Virgin, marked in Georgia on August 28.

As reported at a briefing by Khatun Kalmakhelidze, Minister for Correction, among the 211 released prisoners there are three minors and ten women. All of them will be at large in the near future.

27 other prisoners have their terms halved; two more have other reductions, the "Georgia Online" writes.

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