Beit Shemesh – The State Prosecutor’s Office appealed the sentence given to the Beit Shemesh woman convicted of severely abusing six of her 12 children.
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Sunday’s appeal, filed with the Supreme Court, argued that the sentence – four years in prison – was too lenient.
The State further claimed that the sentence did not reflect the severity of the acts, not did it serve to compensate for the psychological damaged caused to the abused children.
“This mother systematically abused her children, mentally and physically, for years… they were beaten with fists, sticks and electrical cables, and locked outside their home for hours on end,” said the appeal.
The Jerusalem District Court, said the State, erred by failing to consider the fact that the woman never expressed remorse for her actions, nor did she accept responsibility, “a fact which in the State’s opinion negates any chance of real rehabilitation.”
The defense chose to put seven of the children – all minors – on the stand, added the prosecution “and describing the anguish they must have felt while faced with the difficult situation police forces having to testify against their parents is surely redundant,” continued the appeal.
This woman cannot be afforded the same leniency reserved for defendants who claim responsibility for their actions and save their children similar anguish.”
The appeal further argued that the District Court did not give the psychiatric evaluation, which determined the woman’s beliefs were unshakable, due consideration when factoring her chances of rehabilitation; adding that the woman must be kept away from the children in order to allow for their proper rehabilitation.
what is the nationality of this women. whats her name
#4 , In other words perhaps a prison sentence is not the right punishment. She seems gone mad with her change of life and very confused. She really offer to be placed in a home where she will be looked after and given psychological treatment. May i just ask where her husband is in all this? is he also a baal teshuva?
Why are we such naive believers in the “System”?
Dont you realize that you cant get an ounce of truth today?
Put her in the psychiatric ward where she clearly belongs
This poor woman must have been abused herself, the only thing that would actually help this unfortunate woman is intensive therapy. she probably only knew that if you don’t behave this is the way that the kids will learn to respect, and behave. she most likely came from an extremely abusive home or she was abused by some sicko in the past and never got help or was not able to deal with it (because in her society she would be talked about, or was threatened by her abuser) Please have some pity on these unfortunate people. If you know or see someone being abused or abusing encourage them to seek help immediatley. May hashem send us Mosiach speedily.
I’m not sure why the courts put up with the nonsense of her covering herself like that. It was behavior like that – extremes not ever envisioned by halacha – that caused the problem. I’d be the first to rip the cover off her head. It might be the first step towards refuah. The fact that she wears it shows she still believes in that narrishkeit. Hashem Yirachem on her family. Poor kids.
Even abused kids would rather be in the dysfunctional & dangerous home with abusive parents than with loving foster families. I don’t get it, but there you are.
The key here is getting this insane woman as far away from her children as possible…if that means for ever, so be it. But aside from punishment, what HELP is being given to these poor victims. The ones who weren’t physically hurt are as much victims of abuse as the beaten siblings.
As for Charota, I don’t think this insane woman is capable of it. She is dangerous because she is ill. She should be locked away in a mental institution & they should lose the key. That’s about all they can do to someone like her.
Jail is not a cure, its an easy way out of solving a problem, this woman is sick, to cure her as much as possible is very expensive, to rebuilt her love to her children step by step is very costly,