conceded that maybe i tried to scare her and then conceded that he did mean to hit h them. we moved from an accident to something that he intended to do. bill: the interrogation which would later play a big role in al-maleki s trial lasted for two hours. after it was over, al-maleki waived extradition and was put on a plane to phoenix. meanwhile, sahel al-maleki was allowed to visit her daughter noor with hospital security present. on november 2, 2009 doctors pronounced noor clinically brain dead. with her mother s consent noor was pulled off life support. while in this arizona jail faleh al-maleki made a series
bill: faleh al-maleki sat silent as the prosecution pressed its case that he murdered his daughter out of a twisted sense of honor. after the state rested, judge roland asked if al-maleki would take the stand in his own defense. is your client going to testify, counsel? mr. al-maleki has chosen not to testify today. without calling a single witness, the defense rested. counsel, are you prepared to give closing argument? in closing arguments the prosecution pounded away at the premeditated honor killing theme insisting it was the jury s duty to return a verdict of first-degree murder not second-degree or are even murder. the evidence proves way beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intended, wanted, and desired to erase noor from
the defense then challenged the witnesses recollection on cross-examination. i asked you a question about the vehicle being angled or not angled. do you recall me asking about that? not directingly, no. their objective, to dispel any inference that al-maleki was lying in wait for his daughter and amal. i must have misspoke. one eyewitness the defense did not question, amal who survived the crash. the judge would not let her show her face as she testified through a translator that al-maleki did not lose control but steered his jeep right at his caught. did you see him turn the wheel toward noor? yes, yes. why did he do it? record played for the jury the entire two hour interrogation of al-maleki at the atlanta airport.
bill: faleh al-maleki sat silent as the prosecution pressed its case that he murdered his daughter out of a twisted sense of honor. after the state rested, judge roland asked if al-maleki would take the stand in his own defense. is your client going to testify, counsel? mr. al-maleki has chosen not to testify today. without calling a single witness, the defense rested. counsel, are you prepared to give closing argument? in closing arguments the prosecution pounded away at the premeditated honor killing theme insisting it was the jury s duty to return a verdict of first-degree murder not second-degree or are even murder. the evidence proves way beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intended, wanted, and desired to erase noor from
that they were going to come back manslaughter. i was that concerned. bill: on the fourth day of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict. we the jury duly he impanelled and sworn in the aboven titled action on our oath do find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder a domestic violence offense as to victim noor falaeh al-maleki not guilty we the jury do find the defendant as to count one, second-degree murder guilty. in other words, the jury did not agree that this was a premeditated murder. it was not an honor killing. a defeat for the prosecution. for the injuries suffered by family friend amal, the jury found al-maleki guilty of aggravated assault. he was also found guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of a serious accident. record believed she had failed