Gedevan Popkhadze – There are legitimate questions in public regarding pardoning

11:50, 17.04.2018

There are legitimate questions in the public regarding pardoning – MP Gedevan Popkhadze, Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee stated.

According to Popkhadze, President and Pardoning Commission ought to have worked in a way that their standards and approaches were clear so that decisions are not subjective made only based on inner faith,” Popkhadze said.

Vepkhia Bakradze, former step father slit throat to a young woman in presence of two children on April 13 at Barnov Street in Tbilisi. The crime suspect was arrested on April 14. Bakradze, previously convicted on charge of family violence, was reduced prison term through pardoning by President. He left penitentiary facility in May of 2017.

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