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DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A hearing seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Appeal Hearing Date Set for New Rubashkin Trial

DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A hearing seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Documents filed Monday show a hearing before the St. Louis court is set for June 15.

Former Agriprocessors Inc. manager Sholom Rubashkin was convicted of financial fraud in 2009 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. His arrest followed an immigration raid at the company’s Postville plant in 2008.

His attorneys sought a new trial after evidence showed Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade, who presided over Rubashkin’s trial, was involved in the planning of the raid. Rubashkin’s attorneys argued Reade could not be impartial and should have recused herself.

Reade rejected the request and Rubashkin’s attorneys appealed to the federal court.

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10 Comments

  • BOYS FROM THE HOOD

    hashem yeracaim , der yid darf ah moseff now !!!!! hashem help ,,, add mosai

  • dida netzach

    Hashem please show us revealed good. We’re davening for you R’ Shalom!

  • It-s time for Reb Sholom to come home

    The trial is set for Yud-Gimmel Sivan… IY”H Hashem’s 13 Middos of Rachamim will shine on him.

  • CN

    To number 4, it’s not a trial that day. The appeal is to try and see that he GETS a new trial. What is the hearing? Is it oral argument on the appeal?

  • # 6

    These are oral arguments by the defense & prosocution. the defense will be looking for 1)the guilty verdict to be thrown out 2) a resentecing 3) new trial. either way an application will be made for bail if the judges grant any of the above.
    The answer from the judges could take months.

  • Mordechai Avrohom

    his whole case could be considered a mistrial due to the the judge’s actions in cahoots with the prosecution. she may well be impeached or more likely resign. a retrial can be very good for R’ Shalom Mordechai. Hashem ya’azor!

  • G and S

    Hatzlacha Rabba
    From an old friends that you helped BLEV VNEFESH!