Posted on 09/17/2014 9:11:16 AM PDT by markomalley
Bangladesh's highest court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence on a top Islamic preacher, triggering angry protests by both his Islamist supporters and secular opponents and clashes with police.
In a surprise ruling, the Supreme Court said 74-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee should spend "the rest of his natural life" in jail for crimes during the 1971 liberation war with Pakistan.
Sayedee's death penalty passed last year by a war-crimes tribunal triggered the deadliest political violence in the country's history, and thousands of police were deployed before Wednesday's ruling.
"We had expected that the court would uphold his death sentence," Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told AFP, adding that he was unhappy with the verdict.
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COEXIST, dudes... just COEXIST...
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