Pardon as a very significant institute of criminal law and crime policy presents one of the grounds on which the right of a state to punish a perpetrator of a criminal offence is abolished. However, it negates the right of the state without bringing into question the existence of the criminal offence. The criminal act in itself exists but without the sanction that was supposed to have been imposed. The institute of pardon has been introduced in the interest of the public, the society as a whole, and not in the interest of the offender, as it may appear at first sight. Due to its enormous significance in establishing sanctions policy, pardon as a general grounds for abandoning criminal sanctions calls for much attention both from theoretical...