Lebanon considers largest amnesty in 35 years amid protests

Key points

• Samira Bou Saab had hoped to see the execution of the man who was sentenced to death for killing her son.
• Instead, he eventually could be released under a sweeping draft amnesty law in Lebanon that is revealing the country's complex history of loyalties and conflict.
• Lebanon's largest amnesty since the end of its devastating 1975-90 civil war is expected to occur in the coming weeks, once the Parliament approves it and the President signs it.
• The law would replace death sentences, reduce life sentences and eventually lead to the release of convicted militants and drug dealers while excluding crimes such as rape, human trafficking, corruption, funding acts of terrorism and premeditated murder.
• Those convicted of killing Lebanese troops could see reduced prison terms.