I’ve heard of a few cases of murder in Saudi Arabia where the accused was found guilty and facing execution, but was set free after blood money was negotiated a

I’ve heard of a few cases of murder in Saudi Arabia where the accused was found guilty and facing execution, but was set free after blood money was negotiated and transferred. Knowing that fact, I think the author intended the title of the article alludes to the practice with respect to recent events except with tech being recepients of said blood money. From Wikipedia: Diya (Arabic: دية‎; plural diyāt, Arabic: ديات‎) in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage. It is an alternative punishment to qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is spelled sometimes as diyah or diyeh.[citation needed] It only applies when victim's family want to compromise with the guilty party; otherwise qisas applies. [0] The murder of Yvonne Gilford comes to mind [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(Islam) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(Islam) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Gilford https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Gilford