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U.S. ‘Stands Ready’ to Take Custody of, and Try, Omar Sheikh: Attorney General
File photo of Omar Saeed Sheikh. Aamir Qureshi AFP
In statement, senior official acknowledges Pakistan government’s efforts to appeal the judicial rulings reversing Sheikh’s conviction and ordering his release
Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Tuesday said that the United States “stands ready” to take custody of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the primary accused in the kidnapping and murder of
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, if Pakistan’s efforts to prevent his release on court orders do not succeed.
Last week, the Sindh High Court ordered the release of Sheikh and three co-accused, declaring their ongoing detention “illegal.” In April, the court had overturned Sheikh’s murder conviction and death sentence, downgrading it to a lesser crime of kidnapping. It had also acquitted the convictions of his co-accused entirely.
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