Report: Rubashkin Will Receive 27-Year Sentence
By Gal Beckerman June 21, 2010
Sholom Rubashkin won’t officially receive his sentence until tomorrow, but according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, he will be receiving 27 years in a federal penitentiary without parole. That is two years more than federal prosecutors requested.
The sentence was revealed in an order filed today by U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade. She wrote that Rubashkin, 51, would receive 324 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. He will also be ordered to pay back $30.6 million in restitution to the banks and institutions he defrauded.
Although charges for some of his other alleged crimes – such as violations of immigration and child labor laws – have been dropped, he was found guilty of misrepresenting the financial situation of his company, Agriprocessors, so that he could continue to receive bank loans.
The Haredi community strongly supports Rubashkin, believing that the court has handled his case unfairly. Rallies are scheduled all over the country for this evening to protest the sentencing.
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