The partial amnesty does not spare him a trial, or detention, if convicted, but it does spare him a death sentence.[1] According to albawaba Safar Al-Hawali played a mediation role in negotiating al Amri's surrender.[4] Al-Hawali said that he expected Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Muhammad ibn Naif to call al Amri to meet him. When he was captured al Amri said ""I surrendered of my own free will, having trusted the words of Crown Prince Abdullah." He called on other suspects to follow his example and surrender.