Sandeela Kanwal was a Pakistani woman living in the Atlanta metropolitan area in Clayton County, Georgia, who was murdered by her father Chaudhry Rashid[1] in an honor killing, on July 6, 2008.
Kanwal and her father lived in a house in Clayton County, near Jonesboro, with their respective spouses and family members.
[6] The evening of her death, while the father was driving his daughter back to the house from a late shift at the Wal-Mart, the two had an argument.
[3] In the trial Rashid's legal team admitted that he committed homicide, but stated that he had no plans to do so and was only spurred by momentary anger.
[2] Rashid appealed his conviction on the basis that it was wrong for jurors to review footage of his interviews held at a police station.