Two foreigners among 21 prisoners reduced from death penalties to life sentences
VGP - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) inspects amnesty work at Xuan Loc Prison in the southern province of Dong Nai, August 3, 2022 - Photo: VNA
The decision was made in line with the 2013 Constitution and following proposals by the Chief Judge of the Supreme People's Court, Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy and Chairman of the Presidential Office.
After the National Assembly adopted the Law on Amnesty in 2007, the President has granted seven different amnesties, under which a total of 87,000 inmates have been freed ahead of their scheduled release dates.
Last year was the first year of implementing amnesty under the 2018 Amnesty Law. In 2021, the State leader granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners serving sentences, only two of whom repeated criminal activity, making up 0.06 percent.
Amnesty is a major policy of the Party and State, manifesting the fine tradition of the nation in strictly handling those who violate the law while offering clemency and humanitarian treatment to prisoners who reform and wish to return to society as useful citizens.
The consideration of granting amnesty to foreigners on the basis of fairness and transparency has also helped the international community better understand the policies of the Vietnamese Party and State.
