the case of a sentenced person, if the sentence imposed was greater than four months B.

In the Convention proceedings, they complained that their whole life sentences remained de facto irreducible under the new clemency procedure, in breach of Article   3.

  From official documents submitted by the Applicant, it appears that, in 1960 and 1961, he lodged two petitions for clemency with the Regional Court in A. and that the Court, "having heard" ("nach

On 25 October 2017 he was released pursuant to an act of clemency of the Russian President and transferred from Crimea to Russia, then to Kyiv, Ukraine.

It was not unrealistic to assume that defendants who had received that sentence would be expected to serve more than fourteen to fifteen years before being considered for clemency and thus it was immaterial

rue de Thann à Mulhouse (02499) ; la SOCIETE CLEMESSY demande au Conseil d'Etat : 1°) d'annuler l'arrêt en date du 21 février 2006 par lequel la cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux a rejeté son appel

The granting of clemency by the Vice-President was a well-known remedy widely used by prisoners.

It was not possible to determine what sentence he would receive if convicted, although he was likely to receive concurrent rather than consecutive sentences, if convicted of more than one offence.

Clemency may consist in replacing a life sentence imposed by a court by a sentence of fixed-term imprisonment for no less than twenty-five years. ...” 80.

Thus, the County Court had correctly deemed that the applicant had started to serve his aggregate punishment on 9 July 2021. 10 .

There was a lack of sufficient clarity and certainty in the applicable criteria and conditions for a life-sentence review under the presidential clemency procedure.

, previously Director of the Slovakian Information Service (the Slovakian intelligence service - Slovenská informačná služba), was suspected of involvement in the abduction in 1995 of the son of the then

Thus, the first time that he could apply to have his life sentence reviewed would be 50   years after being sentenced to life imprisonment and 52   years after being detained in prison.

How did the clemency procedure operate before 23 January 2012, when it was reformed by the current President?

the case of a sentenced person, if the sentence imposed was greater than four months.

In June 2009 the youngest daughter was placed in an institution, then declared eligible for adoption by a court of first instance in December 2010.

Thirdly, the applicants could seek executive clemency in the form of a commutation or reduction in sentence (for further information about executive clemency, see Sanchez-Sanchez , cited above, § &#xa0

    First, in January 2012 a special Clemency Commission had been set up to advise the Vice-President on the exercise of the power of clemency.

Such clemency was therefore a purely discretional political decision not governed by any provision of law concerning its merits. 30.

Then, as if that measure of clemency was not generous enough, on 5 September 2009 the prison authority recommended and the relevant domestic court granted the convicts’ release on licence. ... 274.