Pakistan’s Supreme Court has tossed all charges against the man believed to be behind the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was captured and beheaded in 2002 as he investigated Pakistani terrorist groups in the wake of 9/11.

Pearl, a 38-year-old Jewish American, was in Karachi following leads on al Qaeda and Richard Reid, the British-born “Shoe Bomber.” After being abducted, Pearl was beheaded on video by al Qaeda operatives on Feb. 1, 2002.