Baby Charged with Attempted Murder, Goes Into Hiding in Pakistan

[PDH]

I would have sworn I posted this story, but a search reveals nothing. Odd. 

You were too busy with your research into the LaWS platform the Brazen recommended to you.

[Malthus]

Here's a police artist's reconsruction of the fight in the OP:

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/03/the-strange-statues-in-frogner-park/

[grumbler]

I never can tell with grumbles if it's just a funny quip (which it was), or meant as a sly dig at my "one question" comment from a couple days ago.

It was supposed to amuse.

[Queequeg]

So is Pakistan the worst country in the world or the worst country in history?

[garbon]

So is Pakistan the worst country in the world or the worst country in history?

Country with the most unruly infants?

[Sheilbh]

I stand by that technique.  As a prosecutor on cross-examination, you'll never ever get mom (it's always mom) to say something negative about their little angel, whether they are guilty or innocent.  So if I spend a lot of time on cross not only am I beating up on dear old mom on the stand, she's just repeating her story (and repetition adds to effectiveness).

So the "you really love your son" just reminds the trier of fact of the very powerful bias at work, and then you move on to the next witness.

Do you say it like Columbo?

[DontSayBanana]

Not going to happen.  Apparently, the minimum age for criminal liability in Pakistan is 7, and the case should be dropped at some point.  Also, the inspector who filed charges was fired (suspended in this article, but others more recent say he was fired).

[Capetan Mihali]

Bleeding heart prosecutors. 

[Valmy]

Do you say it like Columbo?

Man you totally should BB.

[Norgy]

Juvie pre-school must be hell on Earth. For the staff.

[crazy canuck]

They couldnt locate Bin Laden living close to a major military base but when it comes to rounding up the serious offenders those guys go all out.

[Malthus]

They couldnt locate Bin Laden living close to a major military base but when it comes to rounding up the serious offenders those guys go all out.

Bin Laden wasn't colicy. That made him harder to find.

[garbon]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/world/asia/pakistan-drops-attempted-murder-charges-against-baby.html

We can all stop holding our collective breath.

Police Drop Charges Against Baby in Pakistan

A 9-month-old Pakistani boy will not be going to prison on attempted murder charges.

The baby, Musa Khan, became the focus of international attention in recent days when the local police took the unusual step of charging him along with four adults in connection with a violent protest in Lahore in February.

Critics say the charges reflected the tendency of the Pakistani police to lodge exaggerated complaints against poor families.

On Saturday, though, the police withdrew the charges against Musa, the baby's lawyer, Irfan Tarar, told The Associated Press.

The case against the baby led to widespread ridicule being heaped against the Pakistani legal system, particularly after little Musa was photographed crying while being fingerprinted — and he then had to be comforted with a bottle of milk. His family subsequently moved him out of Lahore to Faisalabad, citing safety reasons.

Musa, along with his father and grandfather, was accused of being part of a group of slum residents who threw stones at gas company workers as they tried to disconnect gas service from homes where the owners had not paid their bills.

The outcry over the charges led Shahbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab Province and the brother of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to order an inquiry into the matter.

Musa's lawyer, Mr. Tarar, had argued that children under 7 years old cannot be prosecuted under Pakistani law.

Musa had been free on bail pending Saturday's hearing, during which the judge allowed for the dismissal of the case against him.