“A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia...”
Saudi Arabia isn’t “conservative”. It is an Islamic theocracy.
You’re absolutely right to point this out. Clearly, this media organ is hoping to equate this sort of atrocity with conservatism. What they miss is that “kingdoms,” and the absolute rule that they spawn tend to be “ultra-conservative” in the manner portrayed in the article, where humanity has no value. Which is yet another reason not to vote for hillary. Absolute rulers, whether they come from the right or left, ultimately go so far off the scale that they meet on the other side.