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| Beyond sense or reason that we execute mentally ill individuals: chief justice |
| 2018-04-22 |
| [DAWN] The Supreme Court of Pakistain ‐ acting on a suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice ‐ on Friday reconsidered the death sentences handed to Kaniz Fatima and Imdad Ali, both death row convicts who suffer from mental disabilities. A two-member bench comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and the chief justice took up the matter, with the latter asking how the state can execute mentally ill persons. "Neither reason nor sensibility allow me to believe that we can execute a mentally ill or disabled person," Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar stated during proceedings, recalling that international legal systems have unequivocally forbidden the execution of mentally ill persons. The court subsequently formed a five-member bench to examine the matter and rule on it. It is worth recalling that the Supreme Court had cleared the way for Imdad Ali's execution in October 2016 after ruling that schizophrenia ‐ which Ali suffers from ‐ was a "curable disease". However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the warrant for his execution was never issued because of severe criticism over the ruling, a new petition from Ali's lawyers and a request for review from the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... government. |
| Posted by:Fred |