Murdered Journalist Daniel Pearl's Father on Justice
JUST TELL ME YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD THIS TERRIBLE NEWS OUT OF PAKISTAN. >> WE WERE IN SHOCK, IN TOTAL DISBELIEF. WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS KIND OF OUTCOME. ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE SENTIMENTS OF THE SUPREME COURT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC IS FOR JUSTICE. AND FOR KEEPING MURDERERS IN JAIL. SOMEHOW THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS THAT SHOCKED US. WE CAN'T BELIEVE HOW A COUNTRY CAN AFFORD SUCH A MOVE. WHEN A KILLER IS BEHIND BARS, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND GUILT ARE FOCUSED ON THE FACE OF THAT KILLER. WHEN HE IS LET FREE, THEN SOCIETY AS A WHOLE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIME. AND WHAT THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN HAS DONE ENDS UP WITH AN INDICTMENT OVER THE ENTIRE NATION FOR ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC CRIMES IN THE 21st CENTURY, A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, AGAINST JOURNALISM, AGAINST THE CORE OF OUR CIVILIZATION. WE ARE VERY SHOCKED AND WE HOPE THAT SOME STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO CORRECT FOR THIS INJUSTICE. >> JUDEA, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO TO TRY TO CORRECT THIS INJUSTICE AS YOU SAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE APPEALING TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO INTERCEDE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN DO? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING YOUR COUNTRY TO DO? >> WE ARE ASKING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL PURSUE VIGOROUSLY A REQUEST FOR EXTRADITING OMAR SHEIKH FOR THIS CRIME AS WELL AS OTHER CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS AND WE HOPE THAT THE PAKISTANI COURT AND GOVERNMENT WILL RESPOND POSITIVELY TO SUCH A REQUEST AND DELIVER HIM TO STAND TRIAL IN THE U.S.
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