Justin Rodway, 28, hugs Barbara Sampson, mother of William Sampson in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept.16, 2003. Rodway, the son of a Briton killed in a Saudi car bombing says the Canadian government mishandled his bid to get William Sampson out of a prison where he awaited beheading for 31 months. Rodway, whose father’s death in 2000 led to Sampson’s long incarceration and torture, wrote a key letter of pardon to the Saudi government in January. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)