President Karol Nawrocki applied the law of grace to 3 people. Among them is simply a oppositionist from the times of PRL Adam Borowski, convicted of defamation of Roman Giertych. The another 2 decisions concern the stadium ban and the conditional release of a man sentenced to life for execution and robbery.
Three decisions by the President
Karol Nawrocki signed 3 provisions on the application of the law of grace. As stated by [the Chancellery of the president of the Republic of Poland](https://www.president.pl/updates/law-laski/2026/law-laski-against-three-person%2C124232), each case was dealt with individually and humanitarian and justice considerations were to support decisions. Among another things, the president took into account part of the already executed punishment, prison and environmental opinions, age, wellness status, and unchangeable lifestyle of convicts.
The first decision concerns Adam Borowski, an anti-communist opposition activist. The law firm did not give the name, but described the suspect for defamation by means of mass communication, whose case was initiated at the request of the President. She besides pointed out his superior merits for democratic change in Poland. This information corresponds to Borowski's case, in which Nawrocki had previously requested a file from the lawyer General.
The president has pardoned the imprisonment, waived the measures related to the probation period and ordered the detention to be stopped. Borowski was convicted of words concerning Roman Giertych. The act of grace does not overturn the judgement and re-examine whether the message was lawful. It removes or mitigates the effects of a final conviction.
Grace for stadium misconduct
The second individual was convicted of being at a mass event in a sector another than the 1 indicated on the ticket. Nawrocki gave her a ban on mass events and ordered her to halt the conviction. The law firm justified the decision with the incidental nature of the act, affirmative environmental opinion and unchangeable lifestyle. The name of the individual was not revealed.
This case has a very different weight than the another 2 provisions. State power should separate between a man who has consistently disregarded the legal order from a citizen who has committed a single offence and has since lived by the law. Rational punishment serves safety, not mechanical stigma.
Conditional release from life imprisonment
The most serious decision concerns a individual convicted of armed robbery and armed robbery. The president applied a conditional early release from the remainder of the word of life imprisonment. It established a five-year probationary period and supervision of the probationary officer.
On this issue, the courts of first and second instance issued affirmative opinions. The law firm besides pointed to the considerable size of the fine already passed, the affirmative punishment forecast, the old age and the deteriorating wellness of the convict. His name was not disclosed or his exact time in prison. This data must not be reported.
The burden of a crime requires peculiar seriousness. The state has a work to remember victims and defend citizens. At the same time, the law of grace exists in order to take into account in exceptional cases circumstances the dimension of the conviction itself does not yield. Conditional release under supervision is not a simple erasure of responsibility.
Grace must stay an exception
Article 139 of the Constitution gives the president the right of grace, but for those convicted by the Court of State. This is the individual prerogative of the head of state and does not require the Prime Minister's approval. By August 3, Karol Nawrocki applied it to 7 people and refused to five.
This competence reminds us that justice cannot act without discerning a peculiar human fate. Nor can he turn into a tool of political gratitude or a way of dealing with work for dense deeds. Therefore, public reasons are so important.
The stakes for Poles are simple: the state is to be hard on crime, but capable of mercy where facts talk for it. The law of grace will hold authority only if it remains an exception based on files, court opinions and liable judgement by the President.
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