Romania suspends law allowing 'authors' to get reduced jail sentences

Prisoners could get 30 days written off for every scientific book published, with one jailed politician writing nine since 2014

Romania’s government has suspended a controversial law that made prisoners eligible for a reduced sentence if they had written a book.

The rule drew criticism after anti-corruption prosecutors investigating suspicions of abuse said one 212-page book was apparently written in seven hours, leading to suspicions that works were plagiarised or ghostwritten.

Related: Book 'em: the loophole undermining Romania's anti-corruption drive

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