The King Pardons

Today is Throne Day, a national holiday.
No parades or parties. But, the king pardoned over 24,000 prisoners, which has been the custom of previous Throne Days, and previous kings.
It's to show his mercy.



Morocco's king grants pardons on eve of royal holiday-
Wed Jul 29, 2:14 pm ET

RABAT (AFP) – Morocco's King Mohammed VI, on the eve of commemorations of his
10th anniversary on the throne, granted Wednesday pardons to 24,865 prisoners,
and commuted 32 death sentences, the government said.

The Moroccan monarch traditionally gives hundreds, even thousands, of pardons to
inmates each year as the country celebrates the Feast of the Throne.
In selecting who should be pardoned, the king took into account "humanitarian
considerations in allowing the prisoners back into society," which led to the
release of 517 women who are pregnant or have children and 137 minors, the
justice ministry said in a statement.
In another "magnanimous gesture", Mohammed VI pardoned 659 inmates of different
nationalities and commuted 32 death sentences to life imprisonment, the ministry
said.

Moroccan courts still hand down death sentences but no execution has been
carried out since 1994.
The 45-year-old king will celebrate Thursday 10 years since he was crowned king
after the death of his father Hassan II.

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