UAE execution
Jan 21st 2014, 12:46 pm
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UAE execution
A rather under-reported story.
"A Sri Lankan expatriate was executed in the UAE on Tuesday for the murder of an Emirati resident, Arabian Business has confirmed.
Ravinda Krishna Pillai was convicted of premeditated murder after he fatally ran over the Emirati in an SUV during an argument between the two.
The execution, believed to have been by firing squad, took place this morning in Sharjah.
Executions are rare in the UAE and a leading official told Arabian Business authorities had made every effort to persuade the victim’s family to accept Pillai’s offer of blood money but they insisted on the death penalty being enforced."
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/uae-e...at-535552.html
"A Sri Lankan expatriate was executed in the UAE on Tuesday for the murder of an Emirati resident, Arabian Business has confirmed.
Ravinda Krishna Pillai was convicted of premeditated murder after he fatally ran over the Emirati in an SUV during an argument between the two.
The execution, believed to have been by firing squad, took place this morning in Sharjah.
Executions are rare in the UAE and a leading official told Arabian Business authorities had made every effort to persuade the victim’s family to accept Pillai’s offer of blood money but they insisted on the death penalty being enforced."
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/uae-e...at-535552.html
Jan 21st 2014, 1:17 pm
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Re: UAE execution
A friend who was visiting was asking about the death penalty just two days ago. I thought that it no longer happened 'officially'.
Jan 21st 2014, 3:18 pm
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Re: UAE execution
And being reported today: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts...employers-baby
ABU DHABI// A maid who murdered her employer’s four-month-old baby girl by smashing her head on a table had her death sentence upheld by the Appeals Court on Tuesday.
ABU DHABI// A maid who murdered her employer’s four-month-old baby girl by smashing her head on a table had her death sentence upheld by the Appeals Court on Tuesday.
Jan 21st 2014, 3:27 pm
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And being reported today: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts...employers-baby
ABU DHABI// A maid who murdered her employer’s four-month-old baby girl by smashing her head on a table had her death sentence upheld by the Appeals Court on Tuesday.
ABU DHABI// A maid who murdered her employer’s four-month-old baby girl by smashing her head on a table had her death sentence upheld by the Appeals Court on Tuesday.
Jan 22nd 2014, 7:17 am
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Re: UAE execution
Whether we feel the death penalty is appropriate or not the fact is that the death penalty applied in the UAE is based on if the family on if the victim accepts 'blood money' from the perpetrator or not. Only a pardon from a ruling sheikh can override this.
In theory you could be executed for accidental manslaughter because the victim's family doesn't like you even when offered blood money. This is not justice - it is revenge.
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In theory you could be executed for accidental manslaughter because the victim's family doesn't like you even when offered blood money. This is not justice - it is revenge.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 7:28 am
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Re: UAE execution
Subject to the crime and the amount of doubt over the question of guilt I am not against the death penalty in society.
The singer from the Welsh band is a prime example.
The singer from the Welsh band is a prime example.
Jan 22nd 2014, 9:37 am
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I'd rather pay someone to pull him apart over a couple of weeks with a pair of pliers.
Jan 22nd 2014, 9:47 am
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Jan 22nd 2014, 9:57 am
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Re: UAE execution
I get the cost difference. But I'd rather see people sit and rot in jail going stir crazy than killed.
A: Too much chance for mistakes to be made and innocent people to be killed.
B: (As Meow says) Murder is murder, state-sanctioned or not.
A: Too much chance for mistakes to be made and innocent people to be killed.
B: (As Meow says) Murder is murder, state-sanctioned or not.
Jan 22nd 2014, 10:39 am
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Why? If a life sentence actually means life, why is that acceptable but execution not? I accept that in some instances there is the possibility of a miscarriage of justice, but in those cases where that possibility does not exist (ie where there is incontrovertible evidence), I fail to see the difference.
Jan 22nd 2014, 10:58 am
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Why? If a life sentence actually means life, why is that acceptable but execution not? I accept that in some instances there is the possibility of a miscarriage of justice, but in those cases where that possibility does not exist (ie where there is incontrovertible evidence), I fail to see the difference.
Jan 22nd 2014, 11:05 am
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