Estonia

The Penal Code

Part 1
GENERAL PART

Chapter 5
RELEASE FROM PUNISHMENT

ยง 77. Release on parole in case of life imprisonment

(1) If a person has been sentenced to life imprisonment, the court may release the person on parole if the convicted offender has actually served at least thirty years of the term of the punishment.

(2) In releasing a person specified in subsection (1) of this section on parole, the provisions of subsection 76 (3) of this Code shall be taken into consideration.

(3) Probation shall be ordered for a period of five to ten years.

(4) If a person commits a new intentional criminal offence during a period of probation, he or she shall be ordered to serve the sentence of life imprisonment.

Keywords

National penalties - life imprisonment



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