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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 230 prisoners and has commuted death sentences of three prisoners to life imprisonment. According to a press release signed by secretary for Homeland Security Oliver Kumbambe which we have seen, the released prisoners are those who were charged with minor offences and those that demonstrated good behavioural reform.<\/p>\n

The statement further reads: \u201dThe president has exercised his powers as enshrined in the Republic\u2019s constitution under section 89 subsection 2 and section 117 of the prisons Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 230 prisoners and has commuted death sentences of three prisoners to life imprisonment. According to a press release signed by secretary for Homeland Security Oliver Kumbambe which we have seen, the released prisoners are those who were charged with minor offences and those that demonstrated good behavioural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[233,371,254,306,234,2510],"class_list":["post-38533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-crime","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-prisons"],"yoast_head":"\nChakwera pardons 230 prisoners, removes three from death row - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 230 prisoners and has commuted death sentences of three prisoners to life impris ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chakwera pardons 230 prisoners, removes three from death row\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 230 prisoners and has commuted death sentences of three prisoners to life impris ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T22:04:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T22:44:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673634869.28.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chakwera pardons 230 prisoners, removes three from death row\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-13T22:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T22:44:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\"},\"wordCount\":98,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673634869.28.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Crime\",\"Lazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"Prisons\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-pardons-230-prisoners-removes-three-from-death-row\",\"name\":\"Chakwera pardons 230 prisoners, removes three from death row - 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