18 April 2009, 18:00

By Easter, President of Georgia has pardoned 390 prisoners

In honour of the Easter, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned 390 prisoners, including 23 women and 6 minors.

348 pardoned inmates will get at large today, while the remaining 42 prisoners, under Saakashvili's decree, will have their terms reduced, as the "Gazeta.Ru" reports.

The cases of prisoners-candidates for pardoning were jointly considered by the Patriarchy and the State Pardon Commission, as the "Georgia Online" Agency reports.

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