listened to an arabic translation. this is a case about a man, the defendant who committed these horrific and oh so wrong crimes all in the name of his sense of honor. by presenting the case as an honor killing, record arguably made the job easier for the defense team. ladies and gentlemen, this is the father of noor. if they could convince even one member of the jury to reject that motive, al-malecki would almost certainly be acquitted of first-degree murder and avoid a life sentence. it is common for iraqi men to no longer be called by their first name when they have a child but to take the name of their child. with al-malecki sobbing in the background one of his attorneys elizabeth mullens told the jury that what
crimes all in the name of his sense of honor. by presenting the case as an honor killing, record arguably made the job easier for the defense team. ladies and gentlemen, this is the father of noor. if they could convince even one member of the jury to reject that motive, al-malecki would almost certainly be acquitted of first-degree murder and avoid a life sentence. it is common for iraqi men to no longer be called by their first name when they have a child but to take the name of their child. with al-malecki sobbing in the background one of his attorneys elizabeth mullens told the jury that what happened in the des parking lot was an accident. he goes up on the median and runs over a tree. he looks out. noor.
listened to an arabic translation. this is a case about a man, the defendant who committed these horrific and oh so wrong crimes all in the name of his sense of honor. by presenting the case as an honor killing, record arguably made the job easier for the defense team. ladies and gentlemen, this is the father of noor. if they could convince even one member of the jury to reject that motive, al-malecki would almost certainly be acquitted of first-degree murder and avoid a life sentence. it is common for iraqi men to no longer be called by their first name when they have a child but to take the name of their child. with al-malecki sobbing in the background one of his attorneys elizabeth mullens told the jury that what
daughter refusing an arranged marriage or dressing immodestly the consequences for her can be dire. an honor killing is when a husband, father or brother actually murders a wife, daughter or sister over such imagined family shame. years agorgeous the up u.n. found that honor killings were all too common in islamic lands. are they now happening here and is america prepared to confront that possibility? the story of young nora from peoria, arizona whose life was snuffed out by her own father will make you wonder. many may have lock looked upon it as a domestic violence case when it is much more complex. anybody who is in prison for killing a child or killing a loved one are all those honor killings? i don t think so. it is an old cliche that homicide detectives use but our victims can t talk. that is my job to tell the story of what happened. the story of what happened to nura al-maliki begins as a modern immigrant tale. she was born in 1989 in southern iraq. her parent