Doha , Qatar ( CNN ) -- A Qatari judge sentenced California couple Grace and Matthew Huang to three years in prison after they were found guilty in the death of their 8-year-old adopted daughter . `` We have just been wrongfully convicted and we feel as if we are being kidnapped by the Qatar judicial system , '' a distraught Matthew Huang told reporters outside the court Thursday . `` This verdict is wrong and appears to be nothing more a than an effort to save face . '' The couple was accused of murdering their daughter , Gloria , by starving her to death . But the judge did not specify the exact charge for which they were convicted . The judge 's order calls for the couple 's deportation after the serve their sentence . They were also fined about $ 4,120 each . The couple has two weeks to appeal the verdict . The Huangs deny charges of killing their daughter , who died in January last year . `` The prosecutor accused us of trafficking our legal adopted children with the intent of selling their organs . That is how ridiculous this is , '' Matthew Huang said outside the courtroom . `` So we are calling on the United States President Obama to call the head of state in Qatar . '' But prosecutors argued that the evidence proved the couple deliberately starved Gloria . In intentionally neglecting to take her to a doctor when they found out she had not eaten for days , the couple caused her death , prosecutors said . Medical reports presented to the court concluded that the victim died of starvation and that her body was emaciated , the prosecution said . It added that witnesses testified the girl was locked up in her room and was deprived of food . Defense lawyer Sami Abou-Sheikha , who asked for an acquittal , said Gloria died of other reasons . Referring to the same reports as the prosecution , he said the girl had an inflamed pancreas and lung , stool that showed traces of food , and her bladder retained liquid . Gloria always had water bottles in her room and had access to water from the bathroom in her room , the attorney said . The couple 's two other sons returned to the United States after their parents ' arrest .
The family has two weeks to appeal the verdict . The Huangs face charges of murdering their daughter , who died in January last year .