A case of death penalty commuted to life imprisonment and then
finally to freedom.
From looking like that...................................... to
looking like this.
Mirza Tahir Hussain, a young UK citizen had killed a another man in
self defence when he visited Pakistan. He was charged with
murder.
Due to discrepancies in the prosecution and an appeal to high
court, the case was sent back to the lower court for a re-trial and
he was sentenced to life imprisonment. After appealing again to the
high court, his conviction was quashed but the Federal Sharia Court
reversed the high courts decision and it was back to square one.
He was guilty of murder again.
He was in prison for 18 years since 1988 for a crime he did not
commit.
His execution was postponed several times, most recently until the
end 2006.
Finally, when Mirza was about to be executed, Prince Charles made a
plea to President Musharraf to spare Mirzas life. The death
sentence was commuted to a life sentence. Under Pakistani law, this
equated to a 14 year term. Since Mirza had already served 18 years,
he was released on 17th Nov 2006.
