The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they
“forgive” the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row.
“On this holy night of this blessed month … we the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father,” the Washington Post columnist’s son Salah Khashoggi said on Twitter. Analyst Nabeel Nowairah also said the family’s declaration effectively means the “murderers will not be executed”.
Out of 11 individuals indicted in the case, most of whom remain unnamed, five were sentenced to death, three face jail terms totalling 24 years and the others were acquitted, according to the public prosecutor.
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