The article addresses to the study of serving some criminal sentence peculiarities in the form of life imprisonment. The authors indicate their own point of view on the issue of conditional early release for the category of convicts. Based on the conducted research, the authors offer their approach to the terms of conditional early release and pardon, as well as the conditions under which it can be applied.

Key words: punishment, convict, life imprisonment, imprisonment, legal status, conditional early release, pardon, replacement of the unserved part of the sentence with a lighter one, probation.

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