Inmate sentenced to surgical paralysis in Saudi Arabia

Dallas Morning News ^ | April 6, 2013 | Diane Jennings

[LurkedLongEnough]

A 24 year old man, Ali Al-Khawahir,reportedly has been sentenced to being surgically paralyzed in Saudi Arabia.

When he was 14, Al-Khawahir stabbed a friend, who was paralyzed as a result. He’s spent 10 years in prison for the assault according to U.S. News and World Report, but now the victim is seeking “blood money” of about $270,000. If he doesn’t receive it, Al-Khawahir is to be paralyzed.

Al-Khawahir’s family is trying to raise money to make the payment.

[tet68]

An eye for an eye, a ganglia for a ganglia?

[.45 Long Colt]

barbarians

[Hardraade]

It’s a religion (or something).

[Jyotishi]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi.

[Gene Eric]

Definitely not Christians.

[Cyber Liberty]

Here’s a job to be looked forward to: Wiping up this guy’s s*** for the rest of his life. Where’s Mike Rowe when you need him?

[muawiyah]

Depends on how you look at it. Eye for an eye ~ certainly superior to our punishment system for drunk drivers who kill people.

[DanielRedfoot]

Stabbed a Friend!??

[American in Israel]

So if he collects his blood money, does he have to go to prison for ten years to pay back the guy who paralized him and he now has had paralized?

[editor-surveyor]

It won’t be his ass, it’ll be a bag if they feed him at all.

[mosaicwolf]

One less active mooselimb to worry about.

[vette6387]

Calling Dr. Gosnell! Dr. Kermit Gosnell please pick up the white courtesy phone,
Saudi Arabia needs you to “perform” an operation!

[yldstrk]

why did he stab his “friend”

[dfwgator]

So how much is somebody going to pay to support the paralyzed criminal? Shouldn’t they just go ahead and kill him, if what he did was bad enough to warrant paralysis?

[hal ogen]

So...I guess all cultures aren’t equal??????

[Cyber Liberty]

You’re probably correct, I didn’t think it through. Probably a colostomy bag and a catheter, which means he dies inside of a couple of years from an septic infection in one of their filthy prison hospitals.

[Cyber Liberty]

He was 14, so it was either over Skittles or a hand grenade.

[Fzob]

Just guessing, his friend drew a cartoon picture of Mohmand.

[CharlesMartelsGhost]