The New Year really rang in new life for a person sentenced to death.
A Saudi man who was sentenced to death for murder was pardoned at the last minute by his victims mother.
The man, Hisham, was forgiven just before his execution at a crowded execution square in Taif. The victim's mother came forward at the last minute and announced putting her hand on Hisham's head that she had forgiven him. The pardon was achieved through the efforts by the Reconciliation Committee.
The Reconciliation Committee is a nation-wide organisation with branches across the kingdom. The committee, which has a small office in Taif, convinced the mother to forgive the killer. It has successfully secured pardons for a number of death-row prisoners and helped settle inter-family and tribal disputes through persistent efforts.
Meanwhile, the General Court of Makkah sentenced a 24-year-old Saudi man to execution on Tuesday for killing his father and brother 3 years ago. The Arabic daily Al Watan reported on Wednesday that the man was unemployed and was having continuous conflicts with his family, which ended up with him killing his father.
According to the report, the man killed his father after an argument about going to Friday prayer, which the father believed would help his son improve his behaviour and get a job.
The argument ended with the youth stabbing his father with a kitchen knife. He also fatally wounded his brother who rushed in to help the father.
The man was originally sentenced to 3 years in prison and flogging on account of his psychological condition. This sentence was appealed, resulting in an increase to five years in prison and flogging. But after observations of the man's behaviour in prison, his case was reviewed by the Makkah General Court, which then sentenced him to death.
Source: Khaleej Times, January 2, 2009
A Saudi man who was sentenced to death for murder was pardoned at the last minute by his victims mother.
The man, Hisham, was forgiven just before his execution at a crowded execution square in Taif. The victim's mother came forward at the last minute and announced putting her hand on Hisham's head that she had forgiven him. The pardon was achieved through the efforts by the Reconciliation Committee.
The Reconciliation Committee is a nation-wide organisation with branches across the kingdom. The committee, which has a small office in Taif, convinced the mother to forgive the killer. It has successfully secured pardons for a number of death-row prisoners and helped settle inter-family and tribal disputes through persistent efforts.
Meanwhile, the General Court of Makkah sentenced a 24-year-old Saudi man to execution on Tuesday for killing his father and brother 3 years ago. The Arabic daily Al Watan reported on Wednesday that the man was unemployed and was having continuous conflicts with his family, which ended up with him killing his father.
According to the report, the man killed his father after an argument about going to Friday prayer, which the father believed would help his son improve his behaviour and get a job.
The argument ended with the youth stabbing his father with a kitchen knife. He also fatally wounded his brother who rushed in to help the father.
The man was originally sentenced to 3 years in prison and flogging on account of his psychological condition. This sentence was appealed, resulting in an increase to five years in prison and flogging. But after observations of the man's behaviour in prison, his case was reviewed by the Makkah General Court, which then sentenced him to death.
Source: Khaleej Times, January 2, 2009
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