Alan Dershowitz did an interview with the Jewish Press,speaking on a wide array of topics. His comments on Sholom Rubashkin's 27 year sentence were right on target. He commented as follows.
QUESTION: You have been critical of the 27-year sentence Sholom Rubashkin recently received. Do you see him as a victim of anti-Semitism or as someone who simply was unlucky to have a stern judge presiding over his trial?
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ANSWER: I don't know enough about the case to know whether he's completely innocent, but I can tell you this: The sentence was utterly disproportionate. You cannot explain that sentence based on the facts of the case. I don't care how harsh a judge she is. She's never sentenced anybody like this for a comparable crime.
So I don't know whether it was anti-Semitism or anti-Easternism or anti-New Yorkism or anti-outsiderism, but it was anti-something. And it can't be explained on principles of justice. The sentence was way, way out of proportion to anything that was proved in the case.
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QUESTION: You have been critical of the 27-year sentence Sholom Rubashkin recently received. Do you see him as a victim of anti-Semitism or as someone who simply was unlucky to have a stern judge presiding over his trial?
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ANSWER: I don't know enough about the case to know whether he's completely innocent, but I can tell you this: The sentence was utterly disproportionate. You cannot explain that sentence based on the facts of the case. I don't care how harsh a judge she is. She's never sentenced anybody like this for a comparable crime.
So I don't know whether it was anti-Semitism or anti-Easternism or anti-New Yorkism or anti-outsiderism, but it was anti-something. And it can't be explained on principles of justice. The sentence was way, way out of proportion to anything that was proved in the case.
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