Briton Omar Saeed Sheikh's death sentence commuted to seven-year imprisonment, years after an investigation claimed he was wrongfully convicted for WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl's murder
British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is surrounded by armed police as he leaves court in Karachi on March 29, 2002.
Sheikh's defence lawyer Khawja Naveed said his client's sentence had been reduced to seven years in prison. Sheikh was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to death by an anti-terror court, while three others co-accused received life imprisonment.
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