If any good comes of this...

... nearly unbelievable case of injustice in Saudi Arabia, it's an awakening of the rest of the world, and indeed, Saudi Arabia itself, which is actually engaging in debate on the issue, to both the haphazard state of the justice system in that country and the hopeless state of women, whose lives are limited in every aspect from the cradle to the grave.

Although, of course, the State Department doesn't have much to say on the issue, beyond "astonishment." But that's no huge surprise.