King Mohammed VI has pardoned 591 convicts on the occasion of Youth Day celebrated on August 21 in Morocco, said the Ministry of Justice in a statement.
The list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon includes inmates who were granted pardon over their remaining jail terms, convicts who had their prison terms reduced, and one prisoner who saw his sentence commuted from life imprisonment to fixed jail terms.
Some convicts benefited from pardon over their imprisonment terms but their fines were maintained. Other convicts saw their fines canceled, while others benefited from both a pardon over their prison terms and fines.
The King usually grants free pardon to inmates and convicts on religious and national holidays.
