... but, the juries in Texas don't have any such misgivings ...
Texas jury convicts immigrant in "honor killings" case
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/texas-jury-convicts-immigrant-in-honor-killings-case/ar-BBL89Go?OCID=ansmsnnews11
A Jordanian immigrant could face the death penalty after a Texas jury convicted him of killing his daughter's American husband and an Iranian women's rights activist in what prosecutors described as "honor killings."
Prosecutors say Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was enraged when Nesreen Irsan left home to marry a Christian and convert to Christianity, so he orchestrated the killings of his son-in-law and his daughter's close friend who had encouraged the marriage. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence