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
what does he mean by that? he is talking about his daughter. the fire was a metaphor. yes, about his own caught. noor is not the fear. he is the fire. he is the one in trouble. assistant public defender would tell the jury record got it exactly wrong. his family is helping him. on cross, he also went after the detective who interrogated their client. during the course of the two hour interview he told you 15 times that it was an accident. if you counted them, i will take that as how many times. that he lost control 11 times. okay. he maintains it is an accident, correct? yes, and no. then the defense went right at the heart of the
forgiveness. but others asking tough questions about radical islam thinks the judge s reasoning begs this question? why he is unwilling to confront what it is that has actually happened? the judge a judge in an honor killing in pakistan would simply say, oh, yeah, your daughter was getting a little out of hand so you killed her, okay, case dismissed, boom, next. we are not yet at that stage in the united states. but in a sense he is doing exactly what that pakistani judge is doing. he is dishonoring the memory of that murder victim. but mark, he is going away for a long time. but we are sending a consistent message here that that is not in the interest of america as a whole and it is certainly not in the interest of young women like noor al-maleki. that is the message that we are sending. you know. bill: prosecutor records still insist noor al-maleki was the victim of an honor killing but the fact she was not able to convince a jury of that has
his life on this earth and all in the name of honor. when you made your closing arguments did you think i have got this case sewn up. i never had that level of confidence but i thought we had some jurors in our pocket. al-maleki s lawyer argued this was not a premeditated honor killing and at most his client was guilty of manslaughter because he simply intended to drive close enough to his daughter noor to spit on her. she is not scared of him harming her. she thinks he is going to do something else. spit, embarrass. call her a name. deliberations began. day one. no verdict. day two. they are still deliberating. day three. nothing. what were you thinking then? by that point, i was afraid
what does he mean by that? he is talking about his daughter. the fire was a metaphor. yes, about his own caught. noor is not the fear. he is the fire. he is the one in trouble. assistant public defender would tell the jury record got it exactly wrong. his family is helping him. on cross, he also went after the detective who interrogated their client. during the course of the two hour interview he told you 15 times that it was an accident. if you counted them, i will take that as how many times. that he lost control 11 times. okay. he maintains it is an accident, correct? yes, and no. then the defense went right at the heart of the