Waterloo, IA – Jurors: Rubashkin Not Guilty of Child Labor Violations ‎

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        Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin, right, hugs defense attorney Mark Weinhardt, left, after being acquitted of all 67 counts of child labor violations at the Postville slaughterhouse at the Black Hawk County Courthouse Monday, June 7, 2010, in Waterloo, Iowa.  Waterloo, IA – Jurors have found former kosher slaughterhouse manager Sholom Rubashkin not guilty of all 67 child labor violations he faced.

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    Jurors reached the verdict Monday in the second day of deliberations after a nearly monthlong trial in Waterloo.

    Rubashkin had been charged with 67 counts of child labor violations involving 26 teenagers from Guatemala and Mexico who worked at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville in 2007 and 2008.

    Rubashkin will be sentenced June 22 in federal court for separate fraud convictions in connection with bank loans his company received.

    Agriprocessors was the site of a May 2008 immigration raid in which 389 workers were arrested.


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    Brooky
    Brooky
    13 years ago

    Please HASHEM make everything turn out for the best!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Nishmah B’suros Toivos

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    BE MISPALLEL

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    everyone one the site should say a kapital tehillim right now for him

    punch
    punch
    13 years ago

    rabosai!!!
    don’t stop saying tehilim. Sholom Mordechai Ben Rivkah should be freed of all charges.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    bh not guilty

    LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE!!!
    LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE!!!
    13 years ago

    1, what kind of comment is that?!?? Of course EVERYTHING HKBH does is for the best!!!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    BORUCH HASHEM!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    this is great news and hopefully will have some impact on the federal sentening in a few weeks. Maybe he won’t have to spend the rest of his life in jail. This shows wht power of tefillot.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    ישתבח שמו לעד

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    hodu lashem ke tov ke liolom chasdoi

    realistic
    realistic
    13 years ago

    i hope there’ll be a big kiddush this shabbos in all shuls.

    anon
    anon
    13 years ago

    B”H. Such great news. Guess they saw the truth.

    shizam
    shizam
    13 years ago

    Holy Cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bless the good Lord. Truth from the earth sprouts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The power of TEFILLAH
    The power of TEFILLAH
    13 years ago

    DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE KOACH OF TEFILLAS RABBIM!!!!!!

    Boruch Hashem!
    Boruch Hashem!
    13 years ago

    I love you Hashem! Please bring the Geulah now!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    HODU LaSHEM KI TOV…!! The question is what happened to the other case????

    Tina18
    Tina18
    13 years ago

    Woop there it is!!! BH – Now Hopefully they have rachmonis on the federal charge

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    bh! yiddishe tefillos dont go leibid! Hashem should help further.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Hodi lashem ki tov ki lolom chasdo

    Yid in EY
    Yid in EY
    13 years ago

    Hodu L’Hashem Ki Tov , Ki Lólam Chasdo!

    When we thank Hashem for all the good, THEN Hashem will continue to reveal to Us His Good Forever!!!

    BH for this Bsura Tova!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Are tfilos and $ is working bh let’s not stop “bedoren tfilah imilchumah”

    Observer
    Observer
    13 years ago

    This allegation was the single biggest issue that all of the anti-Rubashkin forces were pointing too in their vilification of him, and now he has been found UNANIMOUSLY not guilty!

    Hekksher tsedek, the Forward, etc, etc, have egg all over their face.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    question is how, if at all ,does this affect the federal bank case?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Let’s all sing and dance, deedon notzach. BH besuros tovos.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Jury In The Iowa-State Child Labor Case Decided That Rubashkin Isn’t Guilty
    Keep On Praying For The Hatzlucha In The Federal Case (June.22)

    Neigeriger
    Neigeriger
    13 years ago

    Could this have an impact on the other case?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Simon Tov ooh Mazal Tov Yeehay.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    ברוך השם שלא עזב חסדו מאתו

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Boruch Hashem for this verdict. We need to ask rachamei Shomayim for the Federal sentencing. Sholom Mordechai HaLevi ben Rivkah.

    B"H
    B"H
    13 years ago

    Thank You “Aibishter”

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    wow b”h wonderful news
    all from yiddushe tefillis

    Faavish
    Faavish
    13 years ago

    Yeilchu michoyil el Choyil.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    we need to keep up the tefillos !!!! it helps

    b''h
    b''h
    13 years ago

    now we have to do the last steps with much more efferd by tehilim giving tzedoke and masim tovim and the askonim in the case sould york even harder now and every body should support them they are doing a good good job.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Hopefully he will win all charges, and they restore his business the way it was before they destroyed it, plus compensation

    Menachem
    Menachem
    13 years ago

    Amazing!!!!

    This just shows the wickedness of the prosecution

    Godol HaDor
    Godol HaDor
    13 years ago

    Baruch Hashem!!
    I am certain, that if the original
    Trial would be held now, after the absurdeties of the charges as they relate directly to SMR, were seen,
    He would never have been found guilty.
    To explain:
    That mistakes etc were made In agri is obvious, but to the extent that SMR personally is responsible and personally wanted them to happen and personally gain is now obvious to all that this was not the case.
    Contrast that to the myriad of other white collar criminals whe were personally responsible and personally gained

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    פתחו לי פתח כחודו של מחט, הפתח להישועה כבר נפתחו ויה”ר ש’שלום מרדכי בן רבקה הלוי יצא לחירות בב”א

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    May this be a beginning and shed light of what all these accusations are really all about!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    i dont understand were are all the dina dmalchusa dina lovers-jew haters

    Dave
    Dave
    13 years ago

    This looks like a very fair verdict from the Jury.

    In following the trial, the Prosecution never was able to establish a direct knowledge of underage employment on his part.

    (Side note: Iowa has changed the law, as of July 1st, the standard for violating the law will include “wilfull ignorance” [i.e. deliberately not checking information]).

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Beautiful to see Klal Yisroel united upon receiving good news. May we continue to unite around good news and may HKBH continue to bestow his mercy upon all of Klal Yisroel including the ultimate mercy Moshiach Tzidkeinu Bimheira Vyameinu Mamesh

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Ychi hamelech. Reb shlmo meny good days to come yoer way

    yossi
    yossi
    13 years ago

    hodu lashem ki tov ki leolam chasdo

    is there any jew in the world that cannot believe there is no god its unbelievalble

    thanks hashem

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Baruch Hashem, .. speechless with happiness continue in adding with torah and mitzvos for the upcoming trial ….MOSHIACH NOW !!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    And I gave up on him….. Asur lehityaesh!!!!! God is great!

    shmiel glassman
    shmiel glassman
    13 years ago

    its not over besuros tovos yeshuos venechomos
    ONE SHOULD FEEL TOUCHED AT THE ” ARVUS” WE INSTINCTIVLY HAVE FOR ANOTHER YID – for whom most of us dont even know on any personal level
    “asher bochar bonu MIKOL HOAMIM…

    Hodulashem
    Hodulashem
    13 years ago

    B”h keep on praying. it helps!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    ופרצת ימה וקדמה וצפנה ונגבה