The Public Defender has issued a statement stating that she supports the amnesty bills.
According to the information provided by the ombudsman's office, the Public Defender immediately called on the state to use all possible mechanisms to relieve the prison population as soon as the pandemic started.
"The Public Defender of Georgia welcomes these initiatives and hopes that the Parliament will consider and approve the amnesty law in a short period, which will include as many prisoners as possible in the penitentiary system and will be in line with basic principles of criminal justice and state justice," mentions the information.
