Jamal Khashoggi's children 'pardon' father's killers, sparing them the death penalty
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Jamal Khashoggi's sons 'pardon' father's killers

"So we, the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce that we have pardoned (those) who killed our father," the family added in the statement. The United Nations rapporteur for extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard , who led a high-profile investigation into Khashoggi's murder, called the family pardon "the final act of the parody of justice."

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Fri May 22 - Cnn

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