A request for clemency regarding the following topics may be submitted to the President of the State:
- A request for commutation of any kind of penalty handed down by the court, including the following:
- Prison sentences
- Prison sentences with community service
- Revocation of driving licenses
- Fines, including traffic and administrative fines
- Requests for commutation of life sentences, including requests for additional commutations of life sentences that were reduced
- Requests to shorten the period of the statute of limitations or the period of erasure, including the erasure of traffic records
- Requests for leniency in disciplinary measures imposed b on professionals (suspension or revocation of license)
According to customary policy, the president hears the request for clemency only after the conclusion of all legal proceedings.
Requests that do not fall within the purview of the president’s authority
- Requests to erase an internal police record in cases that were closed (for lack of evidence, because the circumstances of the case did not warrant prosecution or as part of a conditional arrangement)
- Requests to erase a criminal record that was already erased on the strength of the law
- Requests to erase a record in cases that are awaiting judiciary clarification
- Requests for clemency that are associated with a penalty that was imposed by a military court on the basis of the Order regarding Security Provisions (Consolidated Version) (Judea and Samaria, No. 1651), 2009
- Requests for leniency in disciplinary measures that were imposed upon those who are not members of the free professions (for example, disciplinary measures imposed upon civil servants by a disciplinary court)
- Requests for release from incarceration at the conclusion of two-thirds of his or her sentence; requests for furloughs for inmates, and requests concerning the conditions of an inmate’s incarceration
- Requests for leniency regarding administrative revocation of a driving license imposed by the Ministry of Transportation for accumulating penalty points for traffic violations
- Requests for intervention in various legal proceedings and complaints against judges
SOURCE: Govt of Israel
Tagged: Clemency, Israel, Presidential Pardon
© Advocatetanmoy Law Library
© Advocatetanmoy Law Library