FILE - In this Thursday, March 27, 2014, file photo, Matthew, left, and Grace Huang, an American couple charged with starving to death their 8-year-old adopted daughter, speak to the press outside a courthouse before their trial in Doha, Qatar. A lawyer for an American couple sentenced to jail in Qatar over charges they starved their 8-year-old adopted daughter to death said Tuesday, April 29, 2014, their defense team will keep pursuing efforts to allow the family to leave the Gulf nation while their case is appealed. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)