On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, celebrated this Wednesday May 27 in Morocco, King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, granted pardon to 1,376 people, sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
The Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon, who are either detained or serving a suspended sentence. The list includes 20 individuals who had been convicted in cases of extremism and terrorism.
The Royal pardon to these 20 detainees, convicted in cases of extremism and terrorism, came after they had officially expressed their commitment to the principles and sacred values of the Nation and national institutions, and after they revised their ideological orientations, and rejected extremism and terrorism, the Ministry of Justice said, noting that 2 inmates benefited from pardon over their fines and remaining prison sentences, 12 inmates benefited from pardon over their remaining prison sentences, while 6 benefited from remission of custodial sentence.
The list of the overall beneficiaries of the royal pardon also includes inmates who benefited from remission of imprisonment or confinement, convicts who had their prison terms reduced, one prisoner who saw his sentence commuted from life imprisonment to fixed jail terms, and another who had his death sentence commuted to a life sentence.
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.
