Many Pakistanis are put on death row for crimes the highest court does not believe warrant execution
Ghulam Qadir and Ghulam Sarwar were acquitted of murder after a miscarriage of justice should have been a moment to celebrate. The brothers had been awaiting execution for over a decade, only for the Supreme Court belatedly to quash their case. Eyewitness testimony against them was shaky and the prosecution case flimsy, the justices declared. Yet when officials sought to bring the pair the good news, they had a shock. They had been hanged a year earlier.
The Supreme Court also often questions the reliability of the police. Corrupt cops have been found not only to tamper with witness statements, but also to plant evidence and collude with victims or their families. Confessions are often extracted by beating.
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