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A woman holds a placard as she walks in a solidarity march for refugees on September 27, 2015 (Associated Press)

With a fixated gaze and cold steel both pressed against his forehead, he heard the voice of the commander say he was free to go. Just minutes before Joseph Nahas and his family had been sleeping in their home in Freetown Sierra Leone. Due to the civil war spreading to the capital city, Nahas and his family were forced to flee their home this same night, leaving behind all possessions. Nahas then carried his pregnant wife Saran into the mountains as gunfire trailed behind them ripping holes through the banana leaves. At this moment Nahas could hardly expect that seeking refuge for his family would eventually take them to Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Reporters surrounded the doors to the 3rd District courtroom, the site of Esar Met’s murder trial. They waited for the trial's verdict trial as the jury more than five hours to deliberate.