Duda couldn't pardon anti-corruption chief – Supreme Court

Poland's Supreme Court ruled that President Andrzej Duda could not pardon then-former head of the anti-corruption bureau Mariusz Kamiński as the verdict finding Kamiński guilty was not final at the time of the pardon. “The use of the right of mercy, prior to appeal proceedings does not result in any procedural effects,” the court explained. Now, Kamiński's (who has been reappointed as the anti-corruption chief after the pardon) case will go back to the court, who previously discontinued it due to the pardon. Kamiński was sentenced back in 2015 to three years in prison and a 10 year ban from holding an office for abusing of power. According to prosecution, he was circumventing law while in office, and was overzealous in his anti-corruption efforts, targeting innocent people.