Czech daily claims amnesty for former communist prosecutor is underway

The Office of the President of the Czech Republic is preparing a possible amnesty to be granted to the former communist prosecutor Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, who at 87 is the country’s oldest prisoner, the Czech daily Lidové noviny reported on Wednesday. A spokesman for the office refused to comment on the claim. A regional court decided a month ago that Mrs. Brožová-Polednová, who is currently serving a six year prison sentence for her participation in the 1950s communist show trials, could be released as early as March next year under the terms of several previous presidential amnesties granted between 1953 and 1990. Her prosecutors appealed this verdict. The appeal went before the Prague High Court, which reached a decision last Wednesday but so far, the court has not made the verdict public.