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| Morocco: King pardons hundreds of convicts for Eid al-Adha |
| 2008-12-10 |
| Is it that time already? Every year, it just kinda sneaks up on ya... (AKI) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI has pardoned 502 prisoners for the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha, being celebrated this week. The king usually grants a pardon to inmates to mark religious and national holidays. A royal pardon was granted to 15 inmates over their remaining prison term, while a reduced prison term was granted to 299 inmates, said the Moroccan Justice Ministry in a statement. Other royal gestures of goodwill included the reduction of fines, or release upon the payment of a fine. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika also pardoned an unknown number of convicted criminals ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, reported official news agency Algerie Press Service. However, prisoners sentenced for terrorism, subversion, murder, theft and drug trafficking were excluded from the amnesty. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Dear Convict, The King pardons you and he has full confidence you will become an upstanding law abiding citizen and join in the celebration." |
| Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 2008-12-10 22:20 |
| #1 Kind of resembles pardoning turkeys for Thanksgiving here in the Dar-al-Harb. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-12-10 13:18 |