Israeli Supreme Court shortens whistleblower’s prison term

Published on December 31, 2012

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday shortened by a year the 4-1/2-year prison term of a soldier who gave a journalist classified military documents, some relating to operations against Palestinian militants.

Gabby Giffords faces Tucson assailant as he is sentenced to life

Published on November 8, 2012

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stood in federal court to face her would-be assassin on Thursday moments before he was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people and wounding 13 others, including Giffords, last year.

Rubashkin appeals conviction, sentence to Supreme Court

Published on April 3, 2012

Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin has appealed his conviction and sentence for bank fraud to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Abusive ‘rabbi’ sentenced to 24 years in prison

Published on February 28, 2011

A self-proclaimed rabbi who counseled his followers to commit acts of child abuse and abused several children who lived with him was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Elior Chen was sentenced Monday in Jerusalem District Court to 24 years in prison and damages of $192,000 to his victims, eight children of the woman with whom he lived, a follower whose husband had given her over to the charismatic leader.

Rabbi gets maximum sentence in molestation case

Published on April 13, 2010

A Brooklyn rabbi was given the maximum prison sentence for sexually assaulting a male teenager.

Rabbi Baruch Lebovits was sentenced to 10 years and eight months to 32 years in prison on Monday by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Patricia DiMango, the New York Daily News reported. He received consecutive sentences on eight counts of sexual abuse.

Madoff Enters the Sentenced Land

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 14, 2009

Madoff’s victims: Moving on, yet mesmerized by the spectacle

Published on June 30, 2009

For Belle Faber, the sentencing of Bernard Madoff felt surreal.

Abramoff receives new four-year sentence, Phoenix community leader murdered

Published on September 11, 2008

Jewish lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in prison. Abramoff had pleaded guilty to corruption and tax offenses related to influence peddling involving Republican congressmen and midlevel Bush administration officials, some of whom were convicted.