A Saudi court Monday overturned five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants to between seven and 20 years, state media reported.

Saudi Arabia sentences eight people to prison in Khashoggi murder case

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday that they "forgive" the killers of their father. "We the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father," the Washington Post columnist's son Salah Khashoggi said on Twitter.

'Forgive those who killed our father': Sons of killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia on December 23 sentenced five people to death and three more to jail terms totalling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year. #SaudiArabia #Khashoggi #KhashoggiMurderCase

WION Dispatch: 11 found guilty in Khashoggi murder case, 5 sentenced to death

Saudi sentences five to death, three to jail in Khashoggi murder case