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Did Ihsan Ali and Zahraa Ali Want Their Daughter Dead? | Closing Arguments Podcast

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The jury is out in the Attempted "Honor Killing" Trial, and Vinnie points out that what the panel really has to decide is whether defendants Ihsan Ali and Zahraa Ali wanted to end their teenage daughter's life. Was that their intent?

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:16.9

It was the alleged murder weapon.

0:19.6

Investigators say it was used to kill a Boston police officer.

0:23.6

Law enforcement quickly seized it, but then prosecutors lost the trial.

0:28.6

And now the accused wants the alleged murder weapon back.

0:32.6

That's right, Karen Reid has filed papers for the return of her Lexus SUV. Will she, should she get it back tonight?

0:43.0

We answer the question. In Columbia County, Florida, allegations of foster children and adopted children put into cages, forced to do chores and physically punished while the biological children played

0:58.4

and watched TV. What was going on inside the home of these four adults? Tonight, all the shocking

1:07.3

and disturbing details. But first, on a cold October afternoon in Lacey,

1:12.9

Washington, 17-year-old Fatima Ali's cries pierced the silence outside Timberline

1:19.3

High School. Her parents enraged by her refusal to go home and get ready to leave on a

1:24.7

one-way ticket to Iraq, launch a violent scene in broad daylight.

1:29.3

Witnesses rushed in pulling off the parents as Fatima ran to safety.

1:34.3

Authorities later calling it a chilling, attempted honor killing.

1:39.3

Now charged with attempted murder and kidnapping, her parents sit in a courtroom fighting for their freedom.

1:46.0

And tonight, all the evidence is in, and all the arguments have been made, and it's time for the jury to speak.

1:54.0

I'm Vinnie Polytan. Thank you so much for joining us tonight here on closing arguments. This case, this trial, like every trial, is a search for the truth.

2:06.6

That's what our system is set up to do.

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