On February 12, a Bucharest court admitted Nastase’s early release request. Prosecutors appealed the decision with the Bucharest Court, which backed the ruling handed down in February.
Nastase was found guilty of corruption in raising funds for his 2004 presidential campaign and was sentenced to two years in prison. He has been in prison since June 2012.
In January 2013, the parole commission at the Jilava Penitentiary, where he is held, upheld Nastase’s early release request.