Pakistan's top court frees men convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl

 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/28/asia/daniel-pearl-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free.

The court said the men had "suffered irreparable harm and extreme prejudice" after spending 18 years behind bars prior, and in December ordered all four to be set free, but both the Pearl family and the Pakistani authorities appealed to the country's Supreme Court, which on Thursday ruled against them.