Abstract

The granting of a pardon to a person who has committed a criminal offence or who has been convicted of a criminal offence is an act of mercy vested in heads of the President of Republic. According to the Criminal Code, pardon shall release a specifically named person from criminal prosecution and grant full or partial remittance of punishment, replace the pronounced penalty by a lighter penalty or suspended sentence, grant rehabilitation, order shorter duration of legal consequences of conviction or repeal particular or all legal consequences of conviction. Contrary to many comparative jurisdictions, Serbian President is vested with the power to release defendant from criminal prosecution, what is considered as a special form of pardon, so-called 'abolition'. Although rarely implemented in the practice, such solution is strongly criticized by the author, given the fact that it is motivated more with political than with the legal reasons, and practically means intrusion of executive power in the domain of judicial branches. In the paper are further analyzed particular forms of pardon mentioned above and certain disputable issues related to them. The pardon is mainly granted in the form of partial remittance from the execution of punishment, but the question is whether such remittance must be within the limits prescribed by the CC related to the mitigation of punishment? Whether is possible for the President to grant by the act of pardon execution of prison sentence at prisoner home, under certain condition? Whether is possible to substitute pronounced prison sentence with suspended sentence by an act of pardon? In addition to that, the authors also deal with issues of pardon that repeal or order shorter duration of certain security measures, grant rehabilitation or alter legal consequences of conviction.

Highlights

  • ะžะกะ›ะžะ‘ะžะ‚ะ•ะŠะ• ะžะ” ะšะ ะ˜ะ’ะ˜ะงะะžะ“ ะ“ะžะŠะ•ะŠะะŸะพะผะธะปะพะฒะฐัšะต ะพะฑัƒั…ะฒะฐั‚ะฐ ะฝะฐั˜ะฟั€ะต ะผะพะณัƒั›ะฝะพัั‚ ะฐะฑะพะปะธั†ะธั˜ะต โ€“ ะพัะปะพะฑะพั’ะตัšะฐ ะพะด ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะณะพัšะตัšะฐ

  • ะ˜ะฐะบะพ ะฑะธ ะธ ะพะฒะดะต ะฝะฐ ะฟั€ะฒะธ ะฟะพะณะปะตะด ั‚ั€ะตะฑะฐะปะพ ะฟั€ะธะผะตะฝะธั‚ะธ ัะบะฐะปัƒ ัƒะฑะปะฐะถะฐะฒะฐัšะฐ ะธะท ั‡ะป. 57 ะšั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะทะฐะบะพะฝะธะบะฐ (ะšะ—), ัƒ ะฝะฐัˆะพั˜ ะปะธั‚ะตั€ะฐั‚ัƒั€ะธ ัะต ัะผะฐั‚ั€ะฐ ะดะฐ ะฑะธ, ะฐะฝะฐะปะพะณะฝะพ ะพะดั€ะตะดะฑะธ ั‡ะป. 57, ัั‚. 4 ะšะ—, ะบะพั˜ะฐ ะฟั€ะตะดะฒะธั’ะฐ ะดะฐ ะบะฐะดะฐ ั˜ะต ััƒะด ะพะฒะปะฐัˆั›ะตะฝ ะดะฐ ัƒั‡ะธะฝะธะพั†ะฐ ะพัะปะพะฑะพะดะธ ะพะด ะบะฐะทะฝะต, ะบะฐะทะฝัƒ ะผะพะถะต ะธ ะฝะตะพะณั€ะฐะฝะธั‡ะตะฝะพ ะดะฐ ัƒะฑะปะฐะถะธ, ะธ ะดะฐะฒะฐัšะต ะฟะพะผะธะปะพะฒะฐัšะฐ ะทะฐะผะตะฝะพะผ ะธะทั€ะตั‡ะตะฝะต ะบะฐะทะฝะต ะฑะปะฐะถะพะผ ะผะพั€ะฐะปะพ ะดะฐ ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะตััƒ ั€ะตะดะพะฒะฝะพ ะฒะตะทัƒั˜ัƒ ะทะฐ ัƒั‡ะธัšะตะฝะพ ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพ ะดะตะปะพ ะทะฐ ะบะพั˜ะต ั˜ะต ะฟั€ะพะฟะธัะฐะฝะฐ ะบะฐะทะฝะฐ ะทะฐั‚ะฒะพั€ะฐ ะดะพ ั‚ั€ะธ ะณะพะดะธะฝะต

  • The granting of a pardon to a person who has committed a criminal offence or who has been convicted of a criminal offence is an act of mercy vested in heads of the President of Republic

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ะžะกะ›ะžะ‘ะžะ‚ะ•ะŠะ• ะžะ” ะšะ ะ˜ะ’ะ˜ะงะะžะ“ ะ“ะžะŠะ•ะŠะ

ะŸะพะผะธะปะพะฒะฐัšะต ะพะฑัƒั…ะฒะฐั‚ะฐ ะฝะฐั˜ะฟั€ะต ะผะพะณัƒั›ะฝะพัั‚ ะฐะฑะพะปะธั†ะธั˜ะต โ€“ ะพัะปะพะฑะพั’ะตัšะฐ ะพะด ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะณะพัšะตัšะฐ. ะะฐั˜ะทะฝะฐั‡ะฐั˜ะฝะธั˜ะฐ ัšะตะฝะฐ ะฟะพัะปะตะดะธั†ะฐ ั˜ะต ะฝะตะผะพะณัƒั›ะฝะพัั‚ ะฟะพะฝะพะฒะฝะพะณ ะฒะพั’ะตัšะฐ ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะฟะพัั‚ัƒะฟะบะฐ ะทะฐ ะธัั‚ะพ ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพ ะดะตะปะพ ะฝะฐ ะบะพั˜ะต ัะต ะพัะปะพะฑะพั’ะตัšะต ะพะด ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะณะพัšะตัšะฐ ะพะดะฝะพัะธะปะพ, ัˆั‚ะพ ะฑะธ ะฒะฐะถะธะปะพ ั‡ะฐะบ ะธ ัะปัƒั‡ะฐั˜ัƒ ะดะฐ ะฟะพะผะธะปะพะฒะฐะฝะพ ะปะธั†ะต ะธะผะฐ ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะตั ะดะฐ ัะต ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะธ ะฟะพัั‚ัƒะฟะฐะบ, ะบะฐะบะพ ะฑะธ ัะต ะดะตั„ะธะฝะธั‚ะธะฒะฝะพ ั€ะฐะทั˜ะฐัะฝะธะปะฐ ัšะตะณะพะฒะฐ ะฝะตะฒะธะฝะพัั‚, ะธะฟะฐะบ ะฟะพะฒะตะดะต.[5] ะŸะพ ะฟั€ะธั€ะพะดะธ ัั‚ะฒะฐั€ะธ, ะฟะพัั‚ัƒะฟะฐะบ ะทะฐ ะฟะพะผะธะปะพะฒะฐัšะต ะบะพั˜ะธะผ ัะต ะดะฐั˜ะต ะพัะปะพะฑะพั’ะตัšะต ะพะด ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะณะพัšะตัšะฐ ะผะพะณัƒั›ะต ั˜ะต ะฟะพะบั€ะตะฝัƒั‚ะธ ะธัะบั™ัƒั‡ะธะฒะพ ะฟะพ ัะปัƒะถะฑะตะฝะพั˜ ะดัƒะถะฝะพัั‚ะธ ะธ ัะฐะผะพ ะดะพะบ ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะธ ะฟะพัั‚ัƒะฟะฐะบ ะฝะธั˜ะต ะฟั€ะฐะฒะฝะพัะฝะฐะถะฝะพ ะพะบะพะฝั‡ะฐะฝ. ะŸะพะฒะพะด ะทะฐ ัƒะฒะพั’ะตัšะต ะฐะฑะพะปะธั†ะธั˜ะต ัƒะณะปะฐะฒะฝะพะผ ั˜ะต ะฟะพะปะธั‚ะธั‡ะบะธ,[6] ะฑัƒะดัƒั›ะธ ะดะฐ ัะต ั‚ะพ ะพะฒะปะฐัˆั›ะตัšะต ั‚ะตัˆะบะพ ะผะพะถะต ะพะฟั€ะฐะฒะดะฐั‚ะธ ั€ะฐะทะปะพะทะธะผะฐ ะฟั€ะฐะฒะฝะต ะฟั€ะธั€ะพะดะต.[7] ะœะพะณัƒั›ะฝะพัั‚ ะดะฐ ัะต ัƒั‡ะธะฝะธะปะฐั† ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะดะตะปะฐ ะฟะพั˜ะตะดะธะฝะฐั‡ะฝะธะผ ะฐะบั‚ะพะผ ะพัะปะพะฑะพะดะธ ะพะด ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะณ ะณะพัšะตัšะฐ ะฝะธั˜ะต ั‡ะตัั‚ะฐ ัƒ ัƒะฟะพั€ะตะดะฝะพะผ ะฟั€ะฐะฒัƒ,[8] ะฐ ัƒ ะบั€ะธะฒะธั‡ะฝะพะฟั€ะฐะฒะฝะพั˜ ะดะพะบั‚ั€ะธะฝะธ ัะต ัƒะณะปะฐะฒะฝะพะผ ะบั€ะธั‚ะธะบัƒั˜ะต.

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