Indians 'to pay blood money' to halt UAE execution

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http://news.yahoo.com/indians-pay-blood-money-halt-uae-execution-005156617.html

AFP – 20 hrs ago

Seventeen Indians on death row in the United Arab Emirates on conviction of killing a Pakistani are to avoid execution by paying over $900,000 in "blood money," The National newspaper said on Thursday.

"The victim's family accepted an increased blood money payment of 80 million Pakistani rupees," or about $927,000, after rejecting an offer of 427,000 dirhams (some $116,000), the Abu Dhabi-based daily reported.

The offer was presented to an appeals court in Sharjah, an emirate north of Dubai, on Tuesday, it said, adding that "lawyers believe a final judgment may be issued as early as next week, and the men could be back with their families in months."

Under sharia, or Islamic law, the family of a murder victim can waive the death penalty for the perpetrator. This is often done in exchange for payment, or "blood money."

A Sharjah court of first instance in March 2010 sentenced the 17 to die after convicting them of beating to death a Pakistani man identified as Masri Khan in what was said to be a dispute between rival bootleg liquor gangs.

However, the convicts have "denied any knowledge of the deceased and denied being involved in a bootlegging operation that allegedly led to the man?s death," The National said in a previous article.

They said that "they had never spoken to a public prosecutor, and all the confessions were extracted by police after severe beatings," it said.

[Harsh_77 718]

yes and ppl on other forum are complaining coz one muslim(s) has to pay for flight tickets to India and back for group of ppl.

Edited July 21, 2011 by Harsh_77

[slim 1,530]

Justice is served.

Makes a lot more sense than having tax payers lock them up for years and years and years.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Justice is served.

Makes a lot more sense than having tax payers lock them up for years and years and years.

What taxpayers? The story is from UAE which doesn't have too many--relies much on foreign labour and oil revenues.

[slim 1,530]

What taxpayers? The story is from UAE which doesn't have too many--relies much on foreign labour and oil revenues.

Makes more sense than what we do in the name of "justice."