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Lukashenko pardons 18 convicts, mostly women

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MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a decree on pardoning 18 convicts, including 15 people convicted of crimes of the extremist variety, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.

Most of those pardoned are women (11 people). Six of them have kids, including disabled ones and in need of constant medical rehabilitation.

Two couples have also been pardoned as well as a woman in the final stages of pregnancy, and one female convict, who broke the law at the age of 16.

All of them had submitted clemency applications, had pleaded guilty, had repented, and had promised to live a law-abiding life.

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