investigators tell us one way honor violence differs from other kinds of domestic violence is that the family often sides with the attacker not his victim. in peoria, arizona, police claim that is what happened as they tried to capture faleh al-malecki who had fled to europe by way of mexico. faleh spent two to three days in nogales. he took a bus from nogales to mexico and took a plan plane to mexico city and from mexico city flew to london. and when they ran al-malecki s passport they found an american are warrant for his arrest. within days he was flying back to the u.s. accompanied by federal marshalls. he landed in arizona. police depth detectives were there waiting. they interrogated him in this
any one who could tell us what she was like. the things that made her happy. her life s aspirations. no one would talk to us. investigators tell us one way honor violence differs from other kinds of domestic violence is that the family often sides with the attacker not his victim. in peoria, arizona, police claim that is what happened as they tried to capture faleh al-malecki who had fled to europe by way of mexico. faleh spent two to three days in nogales. he took a bus from nogales to mexico and took a plan plane to mexico city and from mexico city flew to london. and when they ran al-malecki s passport they found an american are warrant for his arrest. within days he was flying back to the u.s. accompanied by federal marshalls.
noor s aid immediately after she was h hit. i pushed the hair out of her face and i held her hand. 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 directly, no. their objective, to dispel any inference that al-malecki was lying in wait for his daughter and amal. i must have misspoke. no, no, no, no. one eye wet necessar eyewite did not quay, noor s friend who survived the crash. the judge would not let us show her face as she testified through a transa later that al-malecki did not lose control but steered his jeep right at his daughter. 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
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
driven out of hatred to kill his own daughter because it suited his purpose. what do you stay to 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 are 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-malecki to 34.5 prison for his crimes, ton for 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 ask for