Georgia's president Salome Zurabishvili has issued pardons for 14 inmates, nine of which are set to be released on Friday, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations.
The convicted individuals received the pardons as has become a custom for end-of-year presidential reviews.
Of these cases, the president's office revealed she had granted a reduction of time behind bars for one individual, leading to their release, and reduced non-detentive convictions for four others, Agenda.ge reported.
Among the latter were decisions on lifting rulings on home arrest, probation and restriction of driving permits, Zurabishvili's administration said.
The president pardoned five convicts during the Christmas and New Year's Eve season last year. She also granted decisions for releasing four female inmates during the St Nino Day, a celebration of one of the most important religious figures in Georgia, in June this year.
