Although i might be biased i would like to express my opinion
If she had a trial, been found guilty, was found mature and sane, then she should be executed.
I believe she was mature and sane, and she DID get a trial, i think, however, im not certain in she had a lawyer, and if thts the case then i believe it was unfair.
But ONLY if she didnt have a trial
What kind of "trial" did she have
on her own and without a lawyer, when she probably hardly knew how to read and write. Also, it was pretty much her words against theirs. She claims that the baby died from choking on milk. I am not taking her side here, but I don't see any evidence here to support a complete death penalty. Babies are fragile, and that moron who gave him birth shouldn't have given her fragile baby to anybody from the first place, especially an untrained maid. But because they're Saudi nationals, the court had to side by them.
Here is what Human Rights said:
"Human rights groups said Nafeek did not have access to a lawyer during her pretrial interrogation, during which she said she was assaulted and forced to sign a confession under duress. Philip Luther, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa program, said last week that the case shows the Saudis are "woefully out of step ... with their international obligations regarding the use of the death penalty.""I am sorry, I'll believe the Western Human Rights Organizations anytime anyday over our corrupt courts and governments.
You say that she got a trial. What kind of trial did she get when:
1- She had no lawyer.
2- She was tortured and forced to confess a crime that she said she didn't commit:
"....during which she said she was assaulted and forced to sign a confession under duress...."And why should the court let her life be determined by the baby's parents? It's not like she killed him by a sword and everyone witnessed it. I understand the
BLOOD-MONEY LAW IN ISLAM, where the murdered person's family can have a choice to forgive and take blood money instead of an all out war
or a life-for-life punishment. I understand that. But there is no clear-cut smoking gun proof that the baby was indeed murdered. He could've very well died from choking on milk. How does the court know?? And again, why should her life be put under the mercy of the baby's parents in this situation?
Clear injustice!
Osama Abdallah