shafia trial

‘Charitably put, the evidence of guilt was overwhelming,’ reads an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling

Michael Friscolanti on why the age of Hamed Shafia, accused in the killing of his sisters, is such a mystery—and why it matters

Why Mohammad Shafia’s own words may sink his case for a retrial

A closer look at the controversial documents that could win the convicted “honour killer” a new trial—in youth court

From the archives: Michael Friscolanti’s longread tells the whole story of the Shafia “honour killings”

Lawyers for the imprisoned trio argue that 2012 guilty verdicts may have been ‘tainted by cultural prejudice’

In newly filed documents at Ontario’s Court of Appeal, prosecutors reject claim that the convicted murderers were victims of ‘cultural stereotyping’

The Shafia-family ‘honour killers’ say they were victims of stereotyping. Michael Friscolanti reports on the latest in the case.

The roots of a tortured clan

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“We are not criminal. We are not murderers. We didn’t commit the murders and this is unjust.”

Judge decries “cold-blooded, shameful murders”