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On Dec 25, 10:40 am, "johnny@." <johnny@.> wrote:
> December 25, 2008
>
> A leader of one of the country's most prominent Jewish groups complained
> to the U.S. attorney general Wednesday about the treatment of a former
> Iowa meatpacking executive.
>
> The complaint centers on the government's decision to deny bail to
> Sholom Rubashkin, the longtime leader of the Agriprocessors plant in
> Postville.
>
> Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote a
> letter about the case Wednesday to Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
> Foxman complained about prosecutors' successful argument that Rubashkin
> should be denied bail partly because as a Jew he is eligible for Israeli
> citizenship. Prosecutors have noted that Israel has a "Law of Return,"
> which allows Jews from around the world to settle in that country.
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>
> Rubashkin is facing federal charges of bank fraud and conspiring to hire
> undocumented workers at the plant, which was the site of a large
> immigration raid in May.
>
> Foxman stressed that his organization has no position on the facts of
> that case. But he asked Mukasey to "set clear policy" for federal
> prosecutors, saying that they should not use the Law of Return as a
> reason to deny bail to Jews.
>
> "The Law of Return is not 'de facto' citizenship for Jews in Israel, and
> it should not be used to hold Jewish defendants who do not exhibit some
> credible threat of flight to Israel," Foxman wrote. "It is
> unconstitutional to argue in this - and in future cases - that Jewish
> defendants are to be held to a different standard of detention than
> non-Jewish defendants."
>
> Foxman said people of Irish or Indian ancestry also could seek
> citizenship in their families' homelands. He said that fact should not
> be held against them, either.
>
> Justice Department representatives were not available for comment
> Wednesday afternoon. Federal prosecutors have denied that their argument
> is unconstitutional. They say they have legitimate reasons to fear
> Rubashkin could flee to Israel if released from jail. They note that two
> other former Agriprocessors managers, one of whom is Jewish, are
> believed to have done so.
>
> Federal Magistrate Jon Scoles agreed with prosecutors and has ordered
> Rubashkin jailed until his trial, which is set for September.
>
> http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081225/NEWS/812250365/-1/E...

Why do joos think they are entitled to special treatment? Why is
Bernie Madoof, Wall
Street swindler, just under house arrest? Oi, Oi!

mitch