Pakistan frees CIA contractor Raymond Davis
03.16.2011 at 03:33pm
According to the BBC, “blood money” — very likely from the U.S. government — was paid to the relatives of the three Pakistani men killed in the Davis affair. The BBC reported that under Pakistani law, relatives of a murder victim can pardon the alleged killer. In Davis’s case, 18 members of the victims’ families appeared at a court hearing and requested Davis’s acquittal, after receiving “blood money” payments.
For background on the Raymond Davis affair, see this post.
