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Mariane Pearl's [[memoir]], ''[[A Mighty Heart]],'' deals with the events surrounding her husband's kidnapping and murder by Pakistani militants in 2002. Both United States and Pakistani agencies joined to try to capture his killers and bring them to justice.
 
In July 2002, [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]], a [[British Pakistanis|British national of Pakistani origin]], was sentenced in Pakistan to death by hanging for Pearl's abduction and murder,. hisHis sentence was commuted to life in jail. Three other men were convicted of their roles in the journalist's murder.<ref name=pbssaeedsheikh>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/pearl_07-15-02.html |title=Online NewsHour Update: Pakistan Convicts Four Men in Pearl Murder|publisher=PBS.org |date=2002-07-15 |accessdate=2013-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1804710.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Profile: Omar Saeed Sheikh |date=16 July 2002 |accessdate=30 April 2010}}</ref>
 
==Adaptation of memoir==