The Special Court has rejected the request of life-sentenced Sokol Mjacaj to be released from the 41bis regime, reports A2 CNN. Mjacaj had filed a request to leave the special regime, where he had been placed by order of the Minister of Justice.
"At the end of the trial, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime with a panel composed of judge Ardit Mustafaj, based on articles 471 and 480 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and article 17, point 9, of law no. 81/2020 "On the rights and treatment of prisoners and detainees", with decision no. 26, dated 30.01.2025, decided: The rejection of the request of the applicant Sokol Mjaçaj with the object of opposing decision no. 619, dated 11.12.2024, of the Minister of Justice "On the extension of the period of the special regime in the institution for the execution of high-security criminal decisions, for a period of 1 (one) year, for the prisoner Sokol Mjacaj".
Mjacaj is serving a life sentence for the murder of two Czech tourists in 2015. In 2023, he executed Arben Lleshi by gunfire inside the Peqin prison. (A2 Televizion)