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Old 05-05-2007, 03:50 PM
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Default Another view of corporal punishment - blood money settlement

It seems that in Saudia Arabia someone can get off of death row if they get the family so forgive them and then negotiate a settlement.

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RIYADH, 3 May 2007 — A Filipino maid who was sentenced to death for the 1992 slaying of her employer was turned over to Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Antonio P. Villamor yesterday after the final installment of a SR2.5 million blood-money settlement was paid.

Sarah Dematera, who has been forgiven by the victim’s family for killing her female employer, thanked those who helped raise the blood money and the country’s courts for “their show of mercy.”
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