Human Rights Watch:
“Saudi Arabia has no penal code, and judges can issue death sentences in three types of cases: offenses against God (hudud), including apostasy, offenses against persons, such as murder and rape, both of which are defined under Shari’a, or Islamic law, or on a “discretionary basis” for any act that a judge considers merits the death penalty, even where those acts are not defined as criminal offenses.”
CFR:
“Saudi Arabia was the top destination for U.S. arms in 2011–2015, purchasing 9.7 percent of U.S. exports.”
The kid got off lucky. He could have been executed, and it it was by firing squad rather than beheading, it could have been by US bullets.
