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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 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 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.
Muzzammil Hassan 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 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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