article_snippet: A man convicted of killing the father and sister of Murtaza former girlfriend in a fiery attack on the family's Southern California home was sentenced to death on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Iftekhar Murtaza, 30, was sentenced for the murders of Wife Leela Dhanak, 56, and Murtaza daughter Karishma, 20, in May 2007, the Orange County district attorney's office said.
article_snippet: To be executed: Iftekhar Murtaza, 30, was sentenced to death Tuesday for the May 21, 2007 murders of Murtaza ex-girlfriend's father and sister and the attempted murder of Murtaza mother .
article_snippet: Jurors recommended that Murtaza be sentenced to death for the crimes.
article_snippet: Two of Murtaza friends were also sentenced to life in prison for the murders of her family, but one of the murders of her family, Vitaliy Krasnoperov, recently had Murtaza conviction overturned on appeal.
article_snippet: Didn't do it alone: Two of Murtaza's friends have been convicted in connection to the killings .
highlights_snippet: Iftekhar Murtaza, 29, was convicted a year ago of killing his ex-girlfriend's family in a fiery attack on the family home in 2007 .
  
highlights_snippet: On Tuesday his was sentenced to death in Orange County .
  