Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Judge Nixes Petition To Shorten Rubashkin Sentence, Defense Team Vows Appeal

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    FILE - Sholom Rubashkin, left, talks with Defense Attorney F. Montgomery Brown during a break at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on May, 10, 2010, in Waterloo, Iowa. (RICK TIBBOTT / Courier Staff Photographer)Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The federal judge who sentenced Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin to 27 years in prison has denied a petition seeking a new sentencing hearing that could lead to an earlier release for the 57 year old father of ten.

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    The Des Moines Register reported that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade slammed Rubashkin’s attorneys, accusing them of “mudslinging” that she categorized as “wholly inappropriate” and “embellishing” their claims in the hopes of winning a new hearing for their client.

    As previously reported on VIN News (http://bit.ly/2kz1DYk), Rubashkin’s legal team said in March that they had uncovered overwhelming evidence that prosecutors had improperly interfered with the sale of Rubashkn’s Agriprocessors plant in Postville, depressing the price of the business which ultimately led to a lengthier sentence for their client.

    Dozens of legal heavyweights including former attorneys general, FBI directors and high level elected officials signed a petition in May calling on U.S. Attorney Kevin Tachau to correct the “miscarriage of justice” that had taken place during the Rubashkin trial.

    Reade chastised the Rubashkin legal team for resorting to unjustly smear prosecutors’ reputation and said that the sentence was appropriate under the circumstances.

    In her ruling, Reade said that Rubashkin repeatedly attempted to obstruct justice and had never accepted responsibility for his actions.

    “(Rubashkin) orchestrated a massive criminal scheme that impacted a very large community, that is, defrauded financial institutions for approximately 10 years, harbored an illegal workforce and laundered millions of dollars in an effort to provide kosher products across the nation,” wrote Reade.

    Rubashkin defense attorney Guy Cook said that he will appeal Reade’s decision, noting the prominent body of individuals who signed the May petition.

    “They are familiar with the facts,” said Cook. “They are familiar with the briefs and they have called on the Department of Justice to correct the injustice in this case.”


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    Frish
    Frish
    7 years ago

    May she die a slow extremely painful death while watching her son (if she had one) be prosecuted on a misdemeanor & getting a lifetime scentence Amen!!”

    REALIST
    REALIST
    7 years ago

    For the life of me, I can’t figure this out! Is there no way around Reade? Do they expect her to say, “Yes! I messed up. I deliberately persecuted this Jew.”
    Get this in front of a different judge that’s not blinded!

    Boochie
    Boochie
    7 years ago

    I hope he has a yeshua

    7 years ago

    I can’t understand why Jared Kushner, Kedllyanne Conway, Trump, or others on his team, are not contacted by Yidden, with a massive letter writing campaign, not only on behalf of Rubashkin, but also on behalf of Jonathan Pollard. As Trump would always state “What the heck do we have to lose”?

    7 years ago

    Nobody should comment on this issue without reading the entire 54 page sentencing document. Judge Reade goes through other cases where a shorter sentence was pronounced, and shows how the mitigating factors were lacking in Rubashkin. Other criminals had the sense to admit wrongdoing, try to make restitution and not slander the judge and prosecutor. She also emphasizes that every single month for as much as ten years Rubashkin would forge accounts receivable in order to borrow more than allowed by the bank.

    He committed these forgeries because he had to. His business was a house of cards, and any crisis would have made it collapse. Yes, he had paid the bank bank until now. So did Madoff pay back his investors until suddenly he could not.

    The chillul Hashem was compounded in this case by the nature of Rubashkin’s business. Kosher meat is not the same as real estate or a hedge fund. See what R. Kamenetsky had to say when people were caught smuggling diamonds in tefillen cases.

    7 years ago

    what can u expect when the proverbial fox is guarding the chicken coop
    any other decision on her part would be an admission of wrong doing and partiality which we are all aware after the facts came out that shes GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT WHEN EVEN BEING INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF THE INITIAL RAID

    qazxc
    qazxc
    7 years ago

    Judge Reade is well known for handing down very tough sentences to all who are found guilty in her courtroom.

    How can we complain about her when we all support right wing law and order candidates?

    What’s good for the goose….

    7 years ago

    Strange how when ‘heimishe” Jews are the victims of financial fraud, no sentence is too harsh.

    DMD45
    DMD45
    7 years ago

    Everyone gets a pardon except our yidden–just goes to prove that we are still the wrong color !! דמד