Concept · #pardon
Pardon
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Mercy written into a rule is no longer mercy
For thirty-one years I watched sentences handed down in the courts of Lahore. The ones I remember are not the harshest but the merciful ones, and almost all of them were exceptions: a judge looking at an old man and finding a…
Started by Khalid Mahmood Awan5 replies -
When the victim’s family may pardon a killer: is that mercy built into law, or justice for sale?
For thirty-one years I watched murder trials in Lahore. The moment I remember most from many of them is not the verdict. It is the family of the dead man, often in the corridor, deciding whether to forgive. In Islamic law, for…
Started by Khalid Mahmood Awan3 replies