Closing arguments expected Monday in ‘honor killings’ death penalty trial

Prosecutors Monday are expected to weave together more than 20 years of bad acts to convince a Harris County jury to sentence a Jordanian immigrant to death for killing his son-in-law and orchestrating the slaying of his daughter’s close friend in what prosecutors said were “honor killings.”Defense lawyers for 60-year-old Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan will likely paint a picture of devoted and traditional Muslim father caught between the culture of his homeland where patriarchs contro