Chilean Bishops Urge Clemency For Prisoners, Including Pinochet-Era Criminals [EWTN]

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As Chile prepares to celebrate its bicentennial, the nation’s bishops are urging President Sebastian Pinera to foster human rights by reforming the nation’s prisons. The bishops also requested that the president consider showing clemency to women prisoners with children, to elderly prisoners, and to terminally ill prisoners – in some cases reducing their sentences, in others setting them free – if they no longer constitute a danger to society and have shown good behavior in prison.

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