Pearl murder convicts 'not present at beheading'
Four men, including a British national, who were imprisoned for killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl were not present during his beheading, but were convicted of murder because Pakistani authorities knowingly relied on perjured testimony and ignored other leads, a report has concluded.
The results of the Pearl Project, an investigation carried out by a team of US journalists and students and spanning more than three years, raise troubling questions about Pakistan’s dysfunctional criminal justice system and underscore the limits US officials face in relying on Pakistani authorities.
