Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade denied a petition yesterday from the legal team of Reb Sholom Mordechai ben Rivka Rubashkin seeking a new sentencing hearing.
Reade denied claims that a new trial for Shalom Mordechai, 57, is warranted because his 27-year sentence was the result of misconduct by Iowa prosecutors following the infamous raid in May 2008 at the Rubashkin family’s Agriprocessors plant in Iowa by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
As of today, Rubashkin is slated to be released in 2033, approximately 16 years from now.
The Des Moines Register, in a report yesterday, said that Reade accused the defense attorneys of “embellishing” their claims to win a new hearing.
“(The) allegations regarding the government’s conduct amount to no more than the use of accusations, especially unjust ones, to damage the reputation of an opponent,” Reade contended. “(The defense attorneys’) mudslinging is wholly inappropriate.”
The raid led to Agriprocessors declaring bankruptcy and prosecutors targeting Sholom Mordechai for borrowing on a $35 million line of credit, ultimately resulting in a $27 million loss for a St. Louis-based bank when Agriprocessors went defunct.
This is unbelievable: what kind of stupidity is this that the person who did the evil deed judges her self!!!
The justice system in America is very bad
May Hashem avenge the rishus of all involved!!
Let’s all Daven thatTrump will Pardon him.
Trump rights the wrong, is a manof action and doesn’t hesitate to straighten the crooked regardless of public opinion
Linda Reade should be hung from the public square. Can someone petition President Trump to pardon him once and for all?
May Judge Reade have a Misah meshuneh!
Hashem Yeracheim. Sholom, continue to be strong and to be the role model that you are. The yeshua will come soon bezras Hashem. Be strong in your great ways.
ימח שמה.
May she have a painful miserable life.
He must show REMORSE now . Better late than never.
Any appeal that ends up with Judge Linda Reade is guaranteed to fail. She has been an advocate for the prosecution from the very beginning.
Why always the same judge? This woman is the problem to begin with. She will never budge she will never budge.
ok, obama did not, but the facts should now be presented to president trump. As for the district court judge, i will not comment.
Heartbreaking
Linda Reade is a modern day vashti
soon she’ll be adding him extra years for “the use of accusations, especially unjust ones, to damage the reputation of an opponent”…
WHY CAN’T WE HIRE LAWYER BENJAMIN BRAFFMAN?
Trumpele want to build a wall against illegals from the south. Why do you believe that he will pardon a man who hired quite many of just that kind?