{"id":17744,"date":"2020-06-30T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wall-street-journal-reporter-daniel-pearls-murderer-set-to-walk-free\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T01:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T22:42:00","slug":"wall-street-journal-reporter-daniel-pearls-murderer-set-to-walk-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wall-street-journal-reporter-daniel-pearls-murderer-set-to-walk-free\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl\u2019s murderer set to walk free"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl\u2019s murderer set to walk free<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n A British-born man sentenced to death for kidnapp<\/a>ing and beheading Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan could walk free this week, reports said Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was found guilty in 2002 of being the mastermind behind Daniel Pearl\u2019s brutal murder but his death sentence was overturned in April after Pakistani prosecutors failed to prove he was the killer, The Guardian reported at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe court has commuted Omar\u2019s death sentence to a seven-year sentence. The murder charges were not proven, so he was given seven years for the kidnapping. Omar has already served 18 years, so his release orders will be issued sometime today. He will be out in a few days,\u201d defense lawyer Khawaja Naveed told Reuters back in April, according to The Guardian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pearl\u2019s family, the U.S. Government and media<\/a> rights groups were outraged over the decision and appeals were filed to reverse the ruling, the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, Saeed Sheikh was instead held on a 90-day detention order, expiring Thursday, under a public ordinance that allows defendants to be held in custody longer if their release could lead to violence and chaos, the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Pakistan\u2019s supreme court refused a government request to suspend the lower court\u2019s decision to release Saeed Sheikh on Monday and refused to promptly hear an appeal on the ruling, which is now scheduled for Sept. 25, the outlet said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s prosecutor, Faiz Shah, declined to say whether they will seek an order extending Saeed Sheikh\u2019s detention, meaning the man could be walking free as early as Thursday, the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecution\u2019s cases are won or lost not on the basis of emotion, they are won or lost on the basis of evidence and in this case the prosecution did a woeful job,\u201d Mahmood Sheikh, Saeed Sheikh\u2019s lawyer, no relation, told The Guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Daniel Pearl\u2019s parents have any grievance or complaint it should be against the Pakistani authorities for the prosecution\u2019s failings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In January 2002, Pearl was an intrepid journalist investigating Islamic militants in Karachi when he was kidnapped by Saeed Sheikh. He was eventually beheaded in a filmed execution that was shared around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saeed Sheikh\u2019s precise role in the killing has long been disputed, according to The Guardian. The Pearl Project, an investigative journalism team at Georgetown University, concluded that Pearl was actually beheaded by Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, an architect of the 9\/11 attacks who is currently imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.\u00a0<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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