Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has had a 33 year prison sentence overturned. He will be tried again, but not in public.
The doctor was tried under the Frontier Crimes Regulations, or FCR, the set of laws that govern Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region. Human rights organizations have criticized the FCR for not providing suspects the right to legal representation, to present material evidence, or to cross-examine witnesses. Verdicts are handled by a government official in consultation with a council of elders.
I wonder how much the CIA paid to the government official and each member of the council of elders.
His lawyer has not been allowed to contact him.
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