War Criminal Sentence's Shorten, Serbia is not very Happy

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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic shortened the sentence of convicted criminal Sinisa Rimac. This decision has been questioned by government officials. Rimac was convicted of killing of person in Pakracka Poljana, a detentions center in Croatia for Serbs during the 1991-1995 wars. There was a debate by the Crotian court whether or not Rimac should received Amnesty; the court decided that doing so would present a bad image for Croatia.

The decision to shorten Rimac’s sentence by one year outraged Serbia; their president is in protest of this. Serbia is also outraged that Rimac was not charged with war crimes but rather “in a circumstance of war.”

It should be noted that Serbian and Croatian laws can grant amnesty for people who committed crimes against a different nationality during the war. Still, this is a very charged decision as it appears to worsen the relations between Croatia and Serbia.

Rimac committed the murder when he was 18 years old. He currently now have a family with two children; another child is on the way.