Even the authorities encourage families of murder victims to accept a money compensation instead of asking execution, in this case it is an evidence that the victim’s father don’t want to pardon the killer and don’t accept his “blood money”.Crown Prince Salmon transmitted a clear message in the media saying: “ There is no difference between big and small, rich and poor…Nobody is allowed to interfere with the judiciary’s decision. This is the tradition of this state. We are committed to following the Sharia.”
In the past, there were a few cases when members of the ruling family were executed, including Faisal Bin Musaid al Saud, ho assassinated his uncle, King Faisal, in 1975.
