TIRANA, April 9 /ATA/ – The President of Republic Bajram Begaj signed the criminal amnesty bill into law on Tuesday after the legislation was approved by lawmakers last week to see those serving shorter sentences for lesser crimes, those over a certain age, and many female prisoners released or benefiting from sentence reductions.
The bill was passed in principle with 110 votes in favor in the 140-seat Parliament and 700 inmates will be pardoned and released immediately out of 1100 convicts, who will have their sentences reduced and trial suspended under an amnesty proposed by the Ministry of Justice.
The bill was approved after several months of delays because political debates.
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