I think , there should be a appropriate rule to exchange prisoners who have not committed serious offenses, but even in extreme cases if someone served 20-30 years in prison , and their is doubt in evidence , I think we need to move forward and send ppl home to families.
Of course People like Mr Kassab should not be exempted based on evidence beyond doubt (I have some personal bias due to the dialect Mr Kassab speaks but thats another story)
Stories about this old man , and of course Mr Sarabjit , I think , 5-10 years in prison is sufficient sentence
Ideally prisons need to be closed down
I think this Gentleman is just in bad place in wrong time
Guy who lived in India , went to teach in Pakistan partition happened so his half family was in Pakistan and half in India , he moved to work in Saudia , he helped his Indian relatives get jobs in Saudia
Later some of them lost their jobs , when he was 58 years old , and was planning his retirement when he was visiting India to see his dieing mother - (technically as he is part of generation that saw united India Pakistan) , later in india , around some wedding ceremony , so the young guy who lost his job came to his place , and start beating ppl up , and in the chaos some kid fired a gun (Juvenile) and some how , this man ended up in prison -
Very sad story indeed a guy who lived a honest life , was also working with Haj related projects in Saudia , and then he decided to help some of his indian relatives and in return he got 19 years in prison and now a guilty verdict ....
One of the guys (who was a under age person at that time) claims he was the one who was involved in shooting and , because he was under age - police instead took the older man , as it was easy to frame him
when you have such a doubtful scenario what else can you say but shake your head ....
Shameful
It is also claimed that the old man used to use a walking stick and someone tripped on it which started the argument , again , 58 year old guy with walking stick , and some Mob comes and beats him up because they feel he caused them to lose their jobs ( when he was the one who actually got them all hired)
The old man's statement is that he has no part in anyone losing their jobs (ppl don't realize Saudis fire anyone at will)
19 years - wow.. man 19 years ... in prison ..