War News Radio top story: The Raymond Davis case and secular law

Last month, Raymond Davis, a CIA contract worker was released from a Pakistani prison after being charged with double homicide and spending nearly 3 months in captivity.  Though the US government argued that Davis should have been released because he was an embassy employee with diplomatic immunity, his release was ultimately brought about by a promise of monetary compensation. Alan Zhao and John McMinn looked into more on how diplomatic law and shari’a law interacted throughout this crisis.  Here’s John.

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