On the surface, settlement between the two parties sounds like a
workable solution which could spare many lives.
If the victimized party is pressured by community or authorities to
arrive at leniency, justice may not necessarily prevail. Especially for
women.
I never would have guessed that this method of settlement existed in
today's Saudi Arabia, and it seems worthy of study and consideration.
Natalia
On 12/03/2013 5:17 PM, de Bivort Lawrence wrote:
This was reported a couple of days ago in the Saudi press, eg ARAB
NEWS. the committee referred to only found that death by firing squad
was permissible. Neither this committee nor the Saudi government
decide the matter: each regional government decides policy on this. As
of a few days ago, at least one prisoner on "death row" had requested
a firing squad.
The discussion on this in Saudi Arabia is quite similar to that in the
US, ranging from the death penalty itself, to the method itself.
Ironic, in my view, that the issue of cruelty is raised in the context
capital punishment.
In Saudi Arabia, unlike the US, the perpetrator and the victim (or the
victim's family) can negotiate a voluntary settlement or restitution
that then supersedes and voids governmental action and punishment.
Many crimes, including murder, get resolved this way.
Cheers,
Lawry
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On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia --- A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial
committee is looking into formally dropping public beheadings as a
method of execution in the oil-rich kingdom because it can't find
enough swordsmen.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where a death sentence
results in beheading in a public square.
A government committee argues that a change to execution by firing
squad would be fine under the laws of Islam, the Saudi daily
newspaper al-Youm reports.
"This solution seems practical, especially in light of shortages in
official swordsmen or their belated arrival to execution yards in
some incidents," the committee said in a statement.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/12/lack-of-swordsmen-leads-saudi-arabia-to-consider-dropping-public-beheadings-as-method-of-execution/
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