the guy that took the picture was a millionaire don't tell me there wasn't a way
They let people starve to death for adultery, what do you think would happen if an outsider came and offered them money to break their own traditions and laws? And even if they let her free, how long would it take until somebody decided to take the law in their own hands and give her the punishment they believe she deserved? And why does she deserve to be released and not everybody else that got the same punishment? You expect him to hire merchenaries and take over the country, changing the laws and become a dictator?
Yeah they could have bought her for like 5 bucks ---