Pardon of President Petr Paul for five people

On behalf of Paul's predecessor Milos Zeman in the first phase, the Ministry of Justice assessed and only those that met the conditions set by the former president. Last year, the Office of the President of the Republic took over the agenda exclusively under itself. Since then, according to the castle, over 1,300 applications have arrived.

The President forgot about a sixteen -month residue of a forty -nine -year -old man who, as a driver, caused a train with a train in which two passengers died, his brother and son. He suffered several very serious injuries requiring life -long treatment.

“The president took into account that the pardoned had been working properly and had not yet been punished. His younger son, who has been raising since divorce, still needs support and supervision as a student of high school, ”said the castle. The man did not commit the deed under the influence of alcohol or other narcotic substances. According to the presidential office, the mayor of the village also supported the grant by the presidential office. The concomitant sentence imposed on the prohibition of management does not apply to grace.

Pavel also granted grace to three men convicted of activities related to marijuana cultivation. They had three to four years left. The president took into account that they are older men and have health problems. « All of them have led an integral life so far, they have already performed a substantial part of the sentences and their evaluation is positive about the prison, » the castle added. After his release, the man returns to his families.

The mercy for these men has sought before Dušan Dvořákcannabis grower for medical purposes and well -known promoter of his legalization. Through the Cannabis Is The Cure, he filed an application for their pardon, but the court dismissed it. The second application, to which Dvořák added new evidence, was probably successful and three men were released.

Although Dvořák did not explicitly confirmed that they are the same persons whose pardon has repeatedly sought, but it can be logically assumed. However, uncertainty also persists among the families of pardoned families who do not yet have a definitive confirmation that they are their relatives. They want to remain anonymous for fear of privacy.

The last mercy concerns a 32 -year -old man convicted of helping to distribute marijuana, shortens the punishment by about five years. « The applicant did not initiate drug trade, did not communicate with suppliers or customers, nor did he prove his profit from this activity, » the castle said. The man suffers from serious cancer and undergoes chemotherapy, which the president took into account.

Due to treatment, the man was repeatedly postponed by the court for the activity he committed eight years ago. “He has so far lived with an integral life and has worked properly in his illness. She and his girlfriend take care of two minors, ”the presidential office said.

By granting grace, the President may stop the criminal proceedings, mitigate or forgive the sentence or to delete convicts. Among the Czech presidents, the Institute used the most Václav Havel, who pardoned 1,247 perpetrators and previously as a federal president of another 601. The last Communist President Gustáv Husák distributed a total of 2,028 graces in 1988.