prosecution s theory that this boughey ofaking up honor that whole idea. you gave him this it was honor because you knew something about his culture, right? yes. bill: and then the prosecution countered with the two police officers who responded to the prior incidents involving noor and her father. he told me that he would rather spend the rest of h his life in jail than have his daughter continue to disgrace his family and he believes that his family law was higher than our law. bill: finally, detective boughey returned to the stand to read the translation of the jailhouse phone calls al-maleki had made to his wife. using al-maleki s own words against him. no one hits his daughter but honor is dear. when you hear a piece of evidence like that, is there any doubt in your mind that you
his own daughter because it suited his purpose. what do you say so the phone calls from jail where he said honor is precious? nothing is better than honor? i think it sensationalizes what is nothing more than a parent killing a child. i m not saying that because he was from iraq that he may not have had some belief that it was an honor killing but i think in the final analysis what it does is gives him vindication to call it an honor killing and it dishonors the victim. the judge sentenced 50-year-old al-maleki 34 and a half years in prison for his crimes, killing noor, injuring amal and receiving the scene of a serious accident. because my wrath will be nothing compared to the wrath of god if you don t have for
mr. al-malecki was in the front yard with his wife demanding to see his daughter. he began to tell us that his family law was higher than our state law. his family law higher than state law. bauer was stunned by that. as a well as by what al-malecki would say next. he would be willing to spend the rest of his life in prison rather than have his daughter disgrace him. he is telling the police officer that my law is above this country s law. that interaction is a huge part of the evidence that this was an honor killing. fox news reporting. a question of honor continues after the break. woman: day care can be expensive.
deliberations. we talked about it a little bit. the jury spool was split about whether he was angry with his daughter and saw her and in his anger killed her or if it was for on. if your view did honor have anything to do with it? i m not sure. our system was being tested on whether multiculturalism would win or weather justice and equal treatment before the law would win. then the system you believe clearly failed? yeah. bill: this jury had mercy on him. mercy on him.ust mercedes sort of having mercy on another culture and that is going to erode our society at the end. bill: but this case was not over yet. faleh would finally address the court and the judge would address the question of honor.