A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court heard a case regarding President Andrzej Duda's pardon of an ex-chief of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, who was handed a non-final sentence in district court, and referred the issue to the Court’s panel of seven judges, seeking to clarify the legality of pardons for those convicted under a non-final judgment. The judges ruled that the president has the power to pardon only a person convicted under a final criminal judgment. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights expressed the same view in its amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court.