Saudi Arabia today beheaded its 12th citizen for murder
this year, warning it would mete out the same fate to perpetrators of similar
crimes.
Mansour bin Awad bin Ziniegih al-Jabri was sentenced to
death after being convicted of shooting dead another Saudi in a family dispute,
the interior ministry said.
Authorities carried out the sentence in the central
Qassim region. The government is
committed "to maintaining security, realizing justice and implementing
God's law on those who shed blood," the ministry claimed. It warns others tempted to carry out any
similar act that their fate will be the same legitimate punishment.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug
trafficking are punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. 87 people were executed in 2014 alone
compared to 78 in 2013.
Saudi Arabia's legal code follows its strict Wahhabi
interpretation of Sharia. Judges are trained as religious scholars and have a
broad scope to base verdicts and sentences on their own interpretation of
religious texts.
In 2014, Saudi judges passed death sentences on five
pro-democracy advocates, including prominent activist and cleric Nimr al-Nimr,
for taking part in protests.
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