The Parliament of Georgia will consider today the Amnesty Bill in the first reading. The discussion will first take place in the Legal Affairs Committee.

According to the project, amnesty will be extended to a number of crimes committed before July 1, 2024.

In particular, persons convicted of the crimes provided for in Article 66 of the Criminal Code will be fully exempted from punishment or the punishment will be reduced by 1/2 or 1/4.

In addition, the reduction of the sentence by 1/6 will apply to Article 225 of the Criminal Code.

The amnesty will not apply to: - persons convicted of murder, drug dealers, sexual crimes, robbery, terrorism, corruption and official crimes, underworld, conventional crimes, trafficking and other serious and especially serious crimes.

Besides, approximately 7,000 people will have their conditional sentences reduced by one year.