Getty Images / Getty Images, fileISLAMABAD — The lawyer for a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 killing of American journalistAhmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key suspect in Pearl's slaying, remains in custody in a jail in the southern port city of Karachi, despite the acquittal.
Pakistani police surround a handcuffed Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh as he comes out of a court in the city of Karachi in March 2002.Sheikh's lawyer, Mehmood A. Sheikh, has been trying to get his client, who has been on death row for 18 years, freed since the acquittal.The lawyer told The Associated Press he was demanding freedom for Sheikh in line withThe lawyer, who is not related to Sheikh, said he also wants three other co-accused suspects freed.
The Pearl family lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi, said he will oppose the petition, adding he was confident Sheikh would not be freed.
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