Can a person convicted of a crime be considered for parole if their death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment?

The Constitutional Court has received an appeal from a citizen regarding the constitutionality of paragraph 1) of part eight of article 72 of the Criminal Code.

This provision under scrutiny does not grant the right to apply for parole to individuals whose death sentences have been changed to life imprisonment.

The applicant, representatives from the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice, the National Centre for Human Rights, and experts presented their arguments during the hearing at the Constitutional Court.

The final decision of the Constitutional Court will be published in accordance with Article 65 of the Constitutional Law on the official website of the Constitutional Court at https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/activities/directions?lang=ru and in the newspapers Egemen Kazakhstan and Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.