The amendments on the Penal Code benefited the crime organization members. 2 convicts in the case were released.

Two defendants of the Operation Hope, who were convicted of being involved in the killing of Kemalist intellectuals  Prof. Ahmet Taner Kislali, Ugur Mumcu and Bahriye Ucok and punished to a prison sentence of 12.5 years each, were released due to the new Penal Code.