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Amnesty for 35,000 prisoners on the occasion of Princess Sirindhorn’s birthday anniversary

Altogether 35,000 prisoners throughout the country will be granted amnesty on the occasion of the 60th birthday anniversary of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on April 2.Under the amnesty law, prisoners who have served at least three years or half of their imprisonments and have less than a year jailterm left will be set free.
Disabled inmates or those who are suffering from cancer, leprosy, AIDS, chronic kidney disease will also be freed if they have served at least three years or half of their imprisonments.
First-time female prisoners who have served half of their jailterms prisoners who are over 60 and who have less than three years to serve, those who are over 70 and first-time female prisoners who are less than 20 and have served half of their jailterms and well-behalved prisoners who have only two years to serve will be released.
Condemned prisoners will be spared the death sentence and to serve life imprisonment, life imprisonment prisoners will have their terms commuted to 50 years and their remaining terms will be reduced according to their behavior.
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