Re: So much for justice…
Im not necessarily against that. What I was referring to was the fact that the case was not built on facts. The facts were never presented to the court. No proofs were offered. All the prosecution had to say was, hey, it happened, its all over the news, the media says these guys did it, so punish them. The circuit court agreed, and handed out death sentences, but do you really think this is a carriage of justice?
Everyone has a fair idea of the mob mentality, and how it works in Pakistan. People just follow the herd. If a bomb blast takes place somewhere in Larkana, people in Karachi take out processions, torching public buses, smashing cars, forcing people to close their businesses. In all this melee, noone realizes who exactly is at fault.
Thats what happened in the Mukhtar mai case. After she was raped, a melee ensued, and people fingered out anyone they wanted from the opposing tribe, and held them responsible, even though that person may have been against the rape.
It was not a fair decision, and should have been overturned. Now lets hope there is some concrete evidence presented in the Supreme Court, so the ‘real’ culprits can be sent to hell.
Any thoughts of vigilante justice in this scenario put one in the same boat as those men who used the same pretext to order the woman’s gangrape.