Saudi knifeman to have spine cut as punishment

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An eye for an eye: Saudi knifeman to have spine cut as punishment

Man faces paralysation ... unless he finds £176,000
Alamy



By KAREN MORRISON

Published: 03rd April 2013

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A SAUDI Arabian court has ordered a man to be paralysed by having his spine severed as punishment for stabbing his childhood pal in his back.

Ali al-Khawahir left his victim paralysed a decade ago and is now facing the same fate from the waist down if he fails to pay compensation of one million riyals (£176,000).
Khawahir, 24, who has already served ten years in jail, was only 14 at the time of the stabbing but this is not taken into account under Islamic Sharia law.
The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom is known for its severe punishments – including flogging, amputation and beheading.
Al-Khawahir’s mum has been begging wealthy philanthropists to come forward to contribute to the fund.
She said: “Ten years have passed with hundreds of sleepless nights. My hair has become grey at a young age because of my son's problem.
"I have been frightened to death whenever I think about my son's fate and that he will have to be paralysed.”
The compensation was initially twice the amount now needed.
Amnesty International, the human rights group, said the sentence "should on no account be carried out".
Ann Harrison, a boss at Amnesty, said: "Paralysing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture.
"That such a punishment might be implemented is utterly shocking, even in a context where flogging is frequently imposed as a punishment for some offenses, as happens in Saudi Arabia.
"It is time the authorities in Saudi Arabia start respecting their international legal obligations and remove these terrible punishments from the law."
Amnesty said a similar sentence of paralysis was imposed in 2010 but that it was unknown if it had been carried out.
The Saudi Ministry of Justice denied that paralysis had been considered as a punishment in that case.

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[4me2]

As I've said before they don't have any issues with repeat offenders there.

[si-amigo]

eye for an eye. Sounds fine to me.

[Mystical_2K]

fair enough, like 4me2 said i doubt he will do it again

[Mule]

Fucking hell that's horrible! It's fucking sick.

If his time spent in jail counts for nothing then does that mean it's okay to stab people so long as you can afford the compensation?

[si-amigo]

fair enough, like 4me2 said i doubt he will do it again

especially if he's got no-one to oil his wheelchair. Can't creep up behind somebodies back with squeaky wheels.

[SiE]

Fucking hell that's horrible! It's fucking sick.

If his time spent in jail counts for nothing then does that mean it's okay to stab people so long as you can afford the compensation?

Id rather he had his spine severed regardless of wealth.

[GTI]

Who gives a shit????

Spoiler:

As long as the oil keeps flowing

[Mr.James]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind...


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[super mike]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind...

It wouldn't, it would leave one person with one eye.

And poor depth perception.

[WotTheFook]

It wouldn't, it would leave one person with one eye.

And poor depth perception.

Someone has seen the film 'Soldier' with Kurt Russell...

[bomberman]

No compensation/fine should be offered/imposed just carryout a suitable punishment but in all honestly its a tad barbaric and he should just be locked up for a long period of time, but remember he was a child when he committed the crime.

I agree that a sentence needs to be fair and act as deterrent to others but this does seem very harsh and he would be a burden to someone/the state as he would require medical care afterwards.

[Undertaker]

he has a choice, raise 250k or be paralysed

and it's not as if the 250k would be going to the government, (like it would do here) it's going to the victim for his needs.

[DJ OD]

Just a thought.

A child of 12 that stabs someone else probably isn't that well wired in the brain department. That or poorly educated or bad parenting.

Either way, children like that usually do not grow up to be well rounded people.

Justification? Not really. Just saying.


DJ OD

[macmilm]

Nation of savages imho

Edit: actually thats a bit harsh... its sharia law I find savage and unjust

[Undertaker]

hmmm. well if you were stabbed and paralysed I think your outlook of lets be kind and gentle to the criminal would go out the window. A strange world we live in!

[bomberman]

hmmm. well if you were stabbed and paralysed I think your outlook of lets be kind and gentle to the criminal would go out the window. A strange world we live in!

Yeah I would, but it doesn't make it right in a modern civilised world

[Undertaker]

in a modern civilised world we would allow such a person in prison 3 meals a day, full sky tv, consoles day's out, study time, easy access to healthcare.

[Goldberg]

He will just come over to Britain and sponge off our welfare handouts, live in a big house and have a nice car.

Seems like he is on to a winner to me!

[DejaVu]

Normal 14 year old kids know right from wrong.
Mine certainly do and would never dream of stabbing another human being.

He lives in a society where the laws are harsh and knew the consequences of his actions. No one else to blame but himself.

The main injustice in this scenario is the cash loophole. It should be way more!!