An Egyptian court in the southern city of Assuit this week acquitted four Muslims accused of killing 61-year-old Farouk Attallah, a Coptic Christian, on October 19, 2009.
In broad daylight -- and in full view of witnesses -- the killers fired 31 bullets to Attallah's head before beheading him, according to the Assyrian International News Agency.
The judge presiding over the court on February 22, 2010, said that he was not satisfied that the testimony of the witnesses established that the imprisoned men were the killers.
Christians were enraged over the acquittal, since similar cases would result in life imprisonment or execution for a Coptic Orthodox Christian if the victim was a Muslim.
This court case reminds me of O.J. Simpson's court case and his acquittal of murdering two people. Remember Simpson's lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, and his famous statement regarding a glove found near the murder scene: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." Why do I detect a double standard of the law in both of these cases?
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