"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.
You got that? A Muslim father runs over and kills his daughter with his car because she wasn't Muslim, but we can't seek the death penalty "for racial,
political, religious or cultural beliefs". Got that? He can kill for his religious and political (sharia) beliefs, but we cannot exact the just punishment for this egregious and horrible crime.
Prosecutors said Almaleki has admitted killing his daughter because she disgraced the family by not following traditional Iraqi or
Muslim
values.
This is an outrage.
He should be executed. And we should be ashamed of this dhimmitude. Special rights for Muslims. This is Islamic supremacism.
The Iraqi immigrant is accused of killing 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 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.
Laura Reckart, a county prosecutor, responded that Little's concern about the "supposed bias" of the office's death-penalty-review process
was "without legitimate factual or legal basis."
She wrote that the state can seek the death penalty for any person convicted of first-degree murder if it can prove the existence of at least one aggravating factor, not because of religion.
However, the debate stopped there. On Tuesday, Reckart filed a motion indicating prosecutors would not seek the death penalty.
Mike Scerbo, a spokesman for the County Attorney's Office, declined to comment on the decision
.
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
relative who shames them by not adhering to traditional values.
Noor 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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