A Dallas County jury took about three hours to find Yaser Said guilty of murdering his two daughters, Amina and Sarah.
A Dallas County jury took about three hours to findThis verdict was not a surprise considering the evidence and Said's years long effort to evade capture.
"The result of this offense is that he will die in prison which is our goal for him under these circumstances," Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said."It's awful for anybody to kill anyone but especially the two children, that is certainly the epitome of evil.""This is a case where there are no witnesses, there's no forensic science to it," Said's attorney, Brad Lollar said.
But prosecutors presented evidence that Said was angry and shot the teens because they were dating people who were not Muslims. "You deserve to die now, not wait in prison," Owens said."That mean look... your glaring at me.. I'm not scared of you anymore."
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