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| Injustice for slain WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl: Pakistan springs murder conspirators...or maybe not yet | |
| 2020-04-04 | |
| [NYPOST] While the rest of the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistain is busy letting murderers go free. On Thursday, a Pak local court overturned the conviction of a British-Pak man for orchestrating the kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal news hound Danny Pearl in 2002. A full 18 years after the fact, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheik guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and sentenced him to seven years in prison. He’ll likely get out for time already served. With much of Pakistain sympathetic to violent Islamists, the move reeks of corruption. Tellingly, the court also overturned the convictions of three other men who had been serving life sentences in the case. On Jan. 23, 2002, Saeed lured Danny Pearl into a trap in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... with a promise of info for his investigation of "shoebomber" Richard Reid’s links to bully boyz there. Days later, al Qaeda 9/11 criminal mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed videotaped his gruesome murder of the news hound. As Pearl’s father, Judea, said, "It’s a mockery of justice." He continues: "Anyone with a minimal sense of right and wrong now expects Faiz Shah, prosecutor general of [the Pak province] Sindh to do his duty and appeal this reprehensible decision to the Supreme Court of Pakistain." Saeed & Co. should rot behind bars until their own Judgment Day. Accused killer of US journalist Daniel Pearl to stay in prison as case appealed
A Pakistani provincial government Friday ordered a British Pakistani man whose conviction in the kidnapping and killing of a US journalist was overturned to remain in custody for three months. The Superintendent of Karachi’s Central Prison, Hasan Sehtoo, said he received an order from the Sindh provincial government saying Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh’s release would threaten public safety. The government ordered him detained as it appeals to the Pakistani Supreme Court to have his murder conviction reinstated. Related: Danny Pearl: 2015-04-27 George W. Bush Bashes Obama on Middle East Danny Pearl: 2007-11-03 US media getting it “all wrong” on Pakistan: Durrani Danny Pearl: 2006-02-20 When fear cows the media -- by Jeff Jacoby Related: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheik: 2020-04-02 Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheik: 2014-10-26 Daniel Pearl murderer released from prison Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheik: 2013-08-03 Security beefed up at Central Prison Hyderabad Related: Richard Reid: 2015-10-30 Last UK Detainee at Guantanamo Is Released Richard Reid: 2014-04-15 US trial begins for Abu Hamza Richard Reid: 2014-03-20 Sully recalls 9/11 with Bin Laden | |
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