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Supporters decry while prosecutor defends stiff sentence given to Sholom Rubashkin

By Douglas A. Berman

Two new pieces highlight two very different perspectives on the very long federal sentence given earlier this week to Sholom Rubashkin for his role in the financial fraud at a former Iowa kosher plant: From the Huffington Post here, "Supporters Decry 'Horrifying' 27-Year Sentence For Slaughterhouse Chief," which includes this snippet: In a statement released after the sentence announcement, Agudath Israel, an ultra-Orthodox organization, called it "a dark day" for both American justice and American Jewry.  "While none of us condones any wrongdoing by Mr. Rubashkin, the extraordinary severity of the sentence imposed upon one of our Jewish brothers sends chills of shock and apprehension down our collective spine," the statement reads. "This is a horrifying development...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 23, 2010 (boomark / email).