Kwasniewski's pardon of officer a "crucial decision"

Jan G., a Warsaw policeman who five years ago shot dead two people and seriously injured a third, has been pardoned by President Aleksander Kwasniewski. In 1997 G. was sentenced to five years in prison for exceeding the limits of self-defense when he tried to stop assailants in Warsaw's Brodno district. "Those who applied for the pardon know that this decision was crucial for policemen," said Pawel Chojecki of Police Headquarters. "Jan. G reacted to evil. His place is not in prison." Prime Minister Leszek Miller as well as Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik were among those who applied for G.'s pardon. (Zycie, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.Z.