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As three men challenge their commutations, others brace for imminent prison transfers and the finality of a life sentence with no chance of release. In the days after President Joe Biden commuted his death sentence, 40-year-old Rejon Taylor felt like he’d been reborn. After facing execution for virtually his entire adult life for a crime he committed at 18, he was fueled by a new sense of purpose. He was “a man on a mission,” he told me in an email on Christmas Day. “I will not squander this opportunity of mercy, of life.”

Pakistani citizen executed in Saudi Arabia over drug smuggling

JEDDAH – A Pakistani citizen has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on charges of heroin smuggling.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior stated that a Pakistani named Nadeem Shahzad was arrested for heroin smuggling. 

A local court sentenced him to death after the crime was proven, a decision that was upheld by the appellate court and the Supreme Court.

It added that the execution of the death penalty was carried out today, September 30, in Dammam.

The ministry said this sentence was announced to warn individuals involved in drug trafficking in the Kingdom.

In July, Saudi authorities had executed a Pakistani national convicted of heroin smuggling in the capital city of Riyadh.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior issued a statement confirming that the individual, identified as Gul from Pakistan, was apprehended for attempting to smuggle narcotics. 

According to local reports, the Saudi judiciary had previously sentenced Gul to death, a verdict upheld by both the appellate and supreme courts.

Source: dailypakistan.com.pk, Staff, September 30, 2024

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