On the occasion of Eid Al Mawlid Annabawi, HM King Mohammed VI has granted his pardon to 742 people sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, said a statement by the ministry of Justice.
Beneficiaries of the Royal Pardon in detention amount to 528 detainees and are distributed as follows:
- 22 detainees benefited from pardon over their remaining prison terms.
- 503 detainees had their prison sentence commuted.
- 3 detainees saw their life imprisonment commuted to a fixed-term sentence.
Beneficiaries of the Royal Pardon who are free amount to 214 individuals and are distributed as follows:
- 50 people benefited from pardon over their prison sentence or its remainder.
- 8 people benefited from pardon over their prison sentence with their fines maintained.
- 146 people saw their fines annuled.
- 9 people saw both their prison and fine sentences annuled.
- 1 person benefited from pardon over the remainder of their prison term and had their fine annuled.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse