How can blood money is compensation for brutal murder?
The family of a maid allegedly murdered by her employers has pardoned them in return for blood money. Relatives said they would accept the Dhs200,000 following the death of the Indonesian, who worked for an Emirati family in Abu Dhabi.
Prosecutors say the victim’s female employer beat her to death before trying to make her death look like a suicide by placing her in a bath. The woman’s husband, who said he was away in Oman, is accused of assisting her in the crime
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Does this mean that rich and powerfull can always escape?
I am just waiting for Wild Turkey and some others to jump on this one. I have already begun to oil my guns and stack up my mortar shells!
Simply put - Yes!
They know that the families are poor and can be easily coerced into accepting blood money.
I personally believe that the blood money is helpful to the families BUT the state should also punish the murderer