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Ammon News - The process of releasing those covered by the General Pardon Law begins on Wednesday, after the stages of the law’s legislation process are completed and published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday, and will include more than 7,000 people in correctional and rehabilitation centres.

The Public Prosecution began the procedures to implement General Pardon Law No. 5 of 2024, which was issued by Royal Decree and became effective as of the date of its publication in the Official Gazette No. 5919, on Tuesday.

Chief Public Prosecutor Judge Yousef Thiyabat stated that he has directed prosecutors in the Kingdom's three regions of the north, center, and south to begin preparing lists of people covered by this law and to release them immediately in accordance with His Majesty King Abdullah II's royal directives.

He noted that the process of releasing people included in Pardon Law No. 5 would begin on Wednesday, following the completion and revision of all their schedules, and that the procedure will be expedited thanks to the automation process employed by the Kingdom's public prosecution departments.

Minister of Justice Ahmed Zyadat indicated that the General Pardon Law will include the release of 7,355 inmates in correctional centers, 4,688 of them were for various misdemeanors, and 2,667 were drug-related misdemeanors.

The law excluded criminal and misdemeanor crimes, violations and criminal acts from 24 laws.