Pakistan court acquits CIA contractor after "blood money" deal http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_62536.shtml

After Davis' acquittal, the case could become even more contentious in Pakistan. The country's powerful religious parties had tried to block such a deal, calling for Davis to be hanged, and the families' lawyer suggested they had been forced to sign the papers."We were put in detention for four hours and not allowed to meet our clients who were called by authorities to the court," Asad Manzoor Butt, a lawyer for the family of one of the slain men told Reuters.Amir-ul-Azeem, a senior leader of hardline Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, denounced the acquittal and repeated the claim that the victims' lawyers were detained, and the families were forced to sign a deal pardoning Davis."We will protest against this. This is shameful and unfortunate," he said.