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Created Mon 9th Mar 11:11am PST by conspiracy2riot

Will the 75 year old woman win her appeal to not be beaten and/or imprisoned in Saudia Arabia?

Settled as Nothing is reported by settlement date

We've been unable to find any news about this.

Background:

Background: The sentencing of a 75-year-old widow to 40 lashes and four months in prison for mingling with two young men who were reportedly bringing her bread has sparked new criticism of Saudi Arabia's ultraconservative religious police and judiciary.

Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting with men who were not her immediate relatives. The two men, including one who was Sawadi's late husband's nephew, were also found guilty and sentenced to prison terms and lashes.

The woman's lawyer, Abdel Rahman al-Lahem, told The Associated Press on Monday that he plans to appeal the verdict, which also demands that Sawadi be deported after serving her prison term. He declined to provide more details and said his client, who is not serving her sentence yet, was not speaking with the media.

Read full article here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090309/ml-saudi-woman-sentenced/

Settlement details:
We are only concerned with the 40 Lashes and 4 months of prison time here. Deportation is not being considered.
Settlement date is fixed.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Sentence remains the same
0%
Lashings and/or prison time reduced
0%
Sentence is vacated in entirety
0%
Nothing is reported by settlement date
99%
Settled as Nothing is reported by settlement date on Tue 6th Oct 2:30am PST

Suspend date: Wed 30th Sep 10:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 6th Oct 2:30am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 30th Sep 10:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Sentence remains the same: 16%, Lashings and/or prison time reduced: 17%, Sentence is vacated in entirety: 17%, Nothing is reported by settlement date: 50%

Action history:

Created Mon 9th Mar 11:11am PST by conspiracy2riot
Suspended Wed 30th Sep 10:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Mon 5th Oct 9:10pm PST by drzinternet: nothing reported by settlement
Settled as 'Nothing is reported by settlement date' Tue 6th Oct 2:30am PST by sqlman[Admin]: We've been unable to find any news about this.

Suspend date: Wed 30th Sep 10:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 6th Oct 2:30am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 30th Sep 10:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (62)

6 weeks ago
casehandler predicted Lashings and/or prison time reduced (H$20 at 1%)
6 weeks ago
keyeshoveden[Power User] predicted Nothing is reported by settlement date (H$10,000 at 95%)
8 weeks ago
raym823 predicted Sentence remains the same (H$20 at 10%)
10 weeks ago
frogchop predicted Nothing is reported by settlement date (H$250 at 68%)
13 weeks ago
mrperfkt[Admin] predicted Nothing is reported by settlement date (H$1,000 at 57%)

Comments (7)

  1 buckeyetom
The USA has its flaws but, when compared to middle eastern countries, "There's no place like home."
posted 34 weeks ago
  2 conspiracy2riot
I looked at some pretty bad pics of people who'd been lashed before I picked the one I did. The others were far too graphic. I want to go rescue this poor old lady, this is horrible.

I think if our Gov't wanted to tear it up with the House of Saud I'd get on board so fast. But that's not going to happen because it's our Gov't that keeps them in power.
posted 34 weeks ago
  3 dieseldog
ROTFLOL
posted 34 weeks ago
  4 conspiracy2riot
you find something amusing, dog?
posted 34 weeks ago
  5 dragonfangxl
No no no, ROTFLOL stands for Really Outrageously Tragic For Love Of.... Littleoldladys. Yeah. But back the the question, i agree that bringing an old lady bread is one of the worlds worst crimes and should be taken very seriously but i think they may be going to a little to far.
posted 34 weeks ago
  6 buckeyetom
Here's an update posted May 21st.

http://www.a1saudiarabia.com/Appeals-court-refuses-to-ratify-khulwa-verdict/#more-5171
posted 21 weeks ago
  7 bookie
Seems to me ths is primarily a bet on how long the appeals process in Saudi takes. Judging from the update above, the odds fairly reflect that, though clearly the sentence will be either reduced or 'vacated' at some point.

Worse than a death pool imho...
posted 21 weeks ago

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