St. Louis, MO – Lawyers for convicted former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin have appealed a judge’s decision denying their bid for a new trial.
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In a brief filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Mo., lawyers for Rubashkin made four arguments on his behalf, chief among them that the presiding judge in his case, Linda Reade, should have recused herself. Reade had rejected that argument in October.
Rubashkin was convicted in 2009 on 86 counts of fraud related to his management of the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, and later was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison.
now lets see how VIN will handle the comments on this topic…
Linda Reade, should have recused herself. And I am sure that Rubashkin will be free he is a good person. And Hashem should bless him. The only think we can do is pray and pray and pray and of course donate money for legal fees. And hashem will help and he will be peacefully home with his family already
He will go free
As an attorney, if asked to, I would do this for free on behalf of Rubashkin. His lawyer is getting $800 per hour. It sounds like a lot (please donate as much as you can!) but they say he is very good and a hard worker, a go-getter of sorts. I believe he will continue to appeal for the next 20+ years if that’s what it takes.
Linda Reade and her court minions are merely shluchei Hashem fulfilling His will.
I am not sure this campaign will work. It didnt work for MG.
After reading most of the brief, I cannot find even one new argument or legal theory, why SMR should be given a new trial. What is amusing that all these lawyers charged an arm and leg for this brief, but nothing new.
In regard, what is the probability of success, I believe that a snowball in hell has a better chance to stay true, to form. The prosecution and the Jude Reade, has previously methodically dissected each argument literally, proving that all the argument is nothing but blowing smoke in our faces. I cannot wait for the prosecution to reply again, categorically I could predict that it will be a master piece.
To 6, it was the Tzemach Tzedek(Lubavich). Not Tzemach Tzadik(Viznitz).
I’m curious — how much of their possessions (silver, jewelry, etc.) have the Rubashkin family sold while they’ve been asking others to pay for his defense? I’m not trying to be rude, I’m just asking. He and his wife purchased a lot of goodies in the years before his arrest. Has the sale of these things helped raise money to pay for this?
This new effort won’t work. He should have copped a plea. Paying for more legal work is throwing away money.
Real pidyon shvuyim would be for Gilad Shalit. He is a yid, not guilty of any crime, being held for ransom. Why do I not see any so called “gedolim” at Agudah doing campaigns on his behalf.
Rubashkin is a convicted criminal. The sentence is very harsh. The frum community has joined in on the American mishigas of having the longest sentences of any western society. Judges do not have that much flexibility under federal guidelines. To have come up with a sentence under 20 years the judge would have had to claim he cooperated with law enforcement authorities. I think we can all agree he did not do that. He also got 2-3 extra years iirc for perjury at the trial. Like others he gambled and lost. This is a great lesson about gayvah and gambling
Perhaps he was misled by his movement and its supporters into thinking he could bluff the government. Perhaps some of those encouraging him to plead not guilty are nogeiah b’davar. They have built themselves up as askanim and turned into super fund raisers, but all to no avail for SMR.
Nebich, he will probably spend most or all of the rest of his life in prison.
I dont blame his daughter for defending him and her husband. But why should we?
Was this man not tried and convicted? He was..Lets all move on.
There are much bigger fish to fry. We seem to take on battles that do nothing but cause more grief to the already convicted. Giving false hope to an already convicted felon is folly.
He will do his time, what is needed is that his family is supported. Thats where the real chessed is to be shown.