LEGAL STATUS OF THE PERMISSION COMMISSION: analytical review
This article is devoted to the analysis of the legal status of the commissions on pardon issues on the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. These bodies were formed in 2001 after the abolition of the Pardon Commission under the President of the Russian Federation. The commissions are advisory bodies and do not make independent decisions on the issue of pardoning persons, they only prepare conclusions on the advisability of applying the act of pardon and put forward proposals on issues within their competence. In this regard, the question arises about the independence of these bodies, which is decided by the authors of the article. It is interesting that on the territory of each subject there is its own approach to the issues of ensuring the functioning of these advisory bodies. So, in some subjects the provision is carried out by different bodies, in others - only one. This fact is of interest for the reason that pardon is attributed to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, and, it would seem, at the federal level, uniform requirements for the provision of bodies that make decisions on the issue of pardoning persons should be enshrined in legislation. The article reflects the analysis of the studied regional normative legal acts on commissions for pardoning, as a result, proposals are made to amend the federal and regional legislation.