Rwanda Pardons and Releases 4,500 Prisoners Arrested for Genocide

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Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
20
Issue: 
6
267
Abstract: 
On March 22, 2004, as Rwanda prepared to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the genocide, Rwanda Prosecutor General Jean de Dieu Mucyo announced that the government pardoned and released at least 4,500 common law prisoners in an effort to relieve the overcrowding of Rwandan prisoners...[more]