Raymond Davis, A CIA contractor who shot and killed two Pakistani men in the Lahore,capital city of Punjab Province of Pakistan was freed from prison on Wednesday after the United States paid $2.34 million in "blood money" to the victims' families, Pakistani officials said, defusing a dispute that had strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.
The case of Raymond Davis had became the hot issue between Washington and Pakistan. Washington had been demanding diplomate immunity for the Raymond, while the Pakistan refused to accept him as a diplomate.
But the resolution came only after a deal was reached to pay the victims' families what the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah called "blood money" -- in accordance with Islamic law.
It is said that the blood money was the only solution to escape the circumstances. The Punjab Government is also pressurize the families of the victims to accepet the blood money.
In other words, Davis may have been bailed out by sharia.
"The court first indicted him but the families later told court that they have accepted the blood money and they have pardoned him," Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told Reuters. "The court acquitted him in the murder case."
Today he was charged with murder, but by the end of the day an agreement was apparently struck for his freedom. Reports are that blood money was exchanged and he was freed.
Davis was released from detention after around $700,000 was paid to each family of the two men allegedly shot and killed by Davis, totaling around $1.4 million, a lawyer involved in the case told ABC News.
The case of Raymond Davis had became the hot issue between Washington and Pakistan. Washington had been demanding diplomate immunity for the Raymond, while the Pakistan refused to accept him as a diplomate.But the resolution came only after a deal was reached to pay the victims' families what the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah called "blood money" -- in accordance with Islamic law.
It is said that the blood money was the only solution to escape the circumstances. The Punjab Government is also pressurize the families of the victims to accepet the blood money.
In other words, Davis may have been bailed out by sharia.
"The court first indicted him but the families later told court that they have accepted the blood money and they have pardoned him," Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told Reuters. "The court acquitted him in the murder case."
Today he was charged with murder, but by the end of the day an agreement was apparently struck for his freedom. Reports are that blood money was exchanged and he was freed.
Davis was released from detention after around $700,000 was paid to each family of the two men allegedly shot and killed by Davis, totaling around $1.4 million, a lawyer involved in the case told ABC News.
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