NY TV exec faces sentencing for beheading wife

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A month after being found guilty of beheading his wife, a former New York television executive faces sentencing.

Muzzammil Hassan (moo-ZAHM'-mel HAH'-sahn) could get a maximum of 25 years to life in prison when he appears before Erie County Judge Thomas Franczyk in Buffalo Wednesday morning.

A jury spent just one hour deliberating before convicting him of second-degree murder in the 2009 death Aasiya (AH'-see-yah) Hassan.

Muzzammil Hassan had tried to convince jurors the death was justified, claiming he'd been abused by his wife and was afraid of her.
But prosecutors said Hassan was acting out of his determination to control his wife after she filed for divorce.

Together, the Hassans started the Muslim-oriented Bridges TV network as a way to counter negative media images of Muslims after 9/11 and build cultural understanding.
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Muzzammil Hassan had tried to convince jurors the death was justified, claiming he'd been abused by his wife and was afraid of her.
But prosecutors said Hassan was acting out of his determination to control his wife after she filed for divorce.
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Oh boy.
 
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BTW, I live in Buffalo and fuck if I don't hear about this damn trial every day. The guy is a crazy sociopath. He delayed the trial as long as he could, fired 2 or 3 of his defense attorneys and ended up defending himself.

He didn't even bother going for an insanity plea. He sought to prove that it was HIS wife who abused him and not the other way around. Pretty tough to do when the victim is dead so you can't get her side of the story.

His wife even had a letter saved on a computer saying she feared for her life because she was almost certain he would kill her.

Horrible situation.
 
Man convicted of beheading wife gets 25-years-to-life sentence
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BUFFALO (Reuters) - The founder of a Muslim TV network who was convicted of beheading his wife was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison, the maximum penalty under the law for the charge against him.
Muzzammil Hassan, 46, was convicted last month of second- degree murder for the 2009 beheading of his wife Aasiya Zubair. Hassan said only a few words prior to his sentencing in Erie County Court.
"I deeply regret that things came down to what they came down to," he said. "I truly wish there would have been some sort of alternate mechanism."
Hassan and Zubair founded Bridges TV in 2004 as a national network to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims.
Prior to her murder, Zubair sought an order of protection from Hassan and filed for divorce, records said.
According to court records, Hassan tried to lure his wife into their TV studio in Orchard Park, New York, in February 2009. He approached her in a dark hallway from behind and stabbed her more than 40 times with a hunting knife and then cut her head off, the records said.
Throughout his trial, Hassan tried to paint himself as a victim of abuse at the hands of Zubair.
After the sentencing, Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III told Reuters that the stiff punishment after a jury conviction speaks for itself.
"He was sentenced to the maximum sentence permitted by law and we're obviously pleased with that," he said.
Hassan's attorney, E. Earl Key, could not be reached for comment after the sentencing but did reveal in court that Hassan plans to appeal.
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