Mohamed Kotail, facing being beheaded with a sword in Saudi Arabia, has written directly to Stephen Harper to help him. Kotail thinks the Saudi system has not given him a fair trial. Expecting justice in Saudi Arabia may be on a par with expecting Stephen Harper to have a heart, but Stockwell Day is saying he will do what he can. That said, Canada may simply not have enough leverage against the Saudis to get them to exercise mercy in this case.

But then, sometimes people do eventually extricate themselves from horrible jams like this, although it took Abousfian Abdelrazik six years and a Federal Court ruling to get back to Montreal where he wants to live. posted at 10:18