Afghan family members found guilty in honor killing trial

Three members of an Afghan immigrant family were found guilty of first-degree murder in Ontario, on Sunday, according to the Huffington Post.
Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 48, and their son Hamed, 21, were convicted for the drowning of their three daughters, as well as Shafia's first wife in a polygamous.
The three sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar 17, Geeti, 13, in 2009, were drown because they allegedly dishonoring their family by going online, wearing revealing clothing and going out with boys. It is believed Rona Amir Mohammad, 52, who was also drowned, supported the girls' actions and wished to divorce Shafia, reported the New York Daily News
Among the evidence against the suspects, including testimony from teachers and school officials claiming the girls were fearful of their father, were tapes in which Shafia called his daughters "filthy," and "whores," according to the New York Daily News
All three maintained their innocence and claimed the girls' car plunged into the water after an accident. The prosecution argued this was premeditated murder and that the suspects drown the women at a separate location before staging the accident. The judge described the three cold-blooded, shameful murders" with a "twisted concept of honor," reported the Huffington Post.
The guilty verdict brings with it a life sentence without possibility for parole for 25 years.