ARIZONA FATHER WHO MURDERED DAUGHTER…D.A. WANTS TO AVOID “ISLAMOPHOBIA”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/arizona-father-who-murdered-daughter-in-honor-killing-will-not-face-death-penalty-so-that-there-is-n.html
Arizona: Father who murdered daughter in honor killing will not face death penalty so that “there is no appearance that a Christian is seeking to execute a Muslim”
Faleh Almaleki murdered his daughter, but we wouldn’t want to appear Islamophobic. Would a non-Muslim who ran down his daughter in a car would be spared the death penalty? Do you wonder about the answer? “Dad accused in ‘honor killing’ will not face death penalty,” by Dustin Gardiner in The Arizona Republic, February 19 (thanks to Jed Babbin):
A Glendale man accused of slaying his daughter in an “honor killing” will not face the death penalty.
After sparring with the suspect’s defense attorney over its death penalty review process, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has said it will not seek death for Faleh Almaleki, 49.
The Iraqi immigrant is accused of slaying his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, for being “too Westernized.”
Police say he used his Jeep Cherokee to run down his daughter and another woman in a Peoria parking lot Oct. 20. Noor Almaleki later died of her injuries.
Almaleki is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and two counts of leaving the scene of a serious accident. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The decision not to seek the death penalty comes after Almaleki’s attorney, Billy Little, a public defender, asked a judge to take special precautions to ensure the County Attorney’s Office wouldn’t wrongly seek the death penalty because Almaleki is a Muslim.
Little requested that the office make public the process it uses to determine whether to seek capital punishment.
“An open process provides some level of assurance that there is no appearance that a Christian is seeking to execute a Muslim for racial, political, religious or cultural beliefs,” Little wrote, referring to County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ Christian faith….
Prosecutors said Almaleki has admitted killing his daughter because she disgraced the family by not following traditional Iraqi or Muslim values.
They liken the case to honor killings that occur in the Middle East, Africa and other parts of the world. In tribal societies where the practice occurs, male family members feel they must kill a rebellious female relative who shames them by not adhering to traditional values.
Noor Almaleki had reportedly married a man in Iraq and returned to Arizona to live with a boyfriend and his mother in Surprise, police said.
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