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As punishment, Saudi Judge asks doctors to damage criminal’s spine
A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals if they are willing to damage a man’s spiral cord as punishment for an attack he committed that left a 22-year-old paralysed.
The victim, Abdul-Aziz al Mutairi, ended up paralysed and subsequently lost a foot after a fight more than two years ago. The criminal, unnamed, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the assault. He was however release after serving only half that time.
It seems that the shortened jail time has enraged the victim’s family, where his 27-year-old brother said they wan an equivalent punishment for the attacker.
“We are asking for our legal right under Islamic law,” the brother said, adding that “There is no better word than God’s word – an eye for an eye.”
The judge has since then been asking several hospitals if medical paralysis is possible and if they would perform the operation. Amnesty International has expressed concerns over the reports and said that it was contacting Saudi authorities for details.
“It’s hard to follow details of the Saudi justice system. People are sentenced in closed trials with no access to the public and no lawyers,” a group researcher on Saudi Arabia.
Joe Tanti •
Food for thought: an accident involving a rich man driving a costly high powered car rams a small family car in which there is a family and their 10 year old son is gravely injured and is left paralysed.No amount of money can replace the health of this child.The court can award any amount,even if this modern day road cowbay pays up,though usually it is his insurance which does.He could be sent to months in prison but eventually he will be a free HEALTHY man enjoying life whilst the unfortunate victim of his carelessness,brashness whatever is condemned to a desperate life.Ponder on it .
