TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus. But the verdict may not be the final word in the case.
Libya's Supreme Judicial Council, which is headed by the minister of justice, could approve or reject the convictions or set lighter sentences.
"The court has accepted the appeal in principal but rejects its content, therefore the court decided to uphold the verdict against them," Judge Fathi Dahan told the courtroom. The five nurses and the Palestinian doctor were not present in the court for the appeal hearing.
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Libya's ambassador to Britain, Mohammed al-Zaway, has said in the past that an agreement with the families would reflect positively on the case according to Islamic law. Often referred to as "blood money," compensation for death or suffering is a legal provision in the traditional Islamic code that is widespread in parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
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This case sounds so bogus from the outset. Infecting 400 kids to find a cure for AIDS?
H/T: Noisy Room.
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