Appeals Court Tosses One Count Against Satmar Rabbi Who Molested His Daughter
A perverted Hasidic rabbi who sexually abused his daughter throughout her adolescence could get 10 years knocked off his sentence under terms of an appeals court decision this morning.
Appeals court tosses one count against rabbi who molested his daughter
By BRUCE GOLDING • New York Post
A perverted Hasidic rabbi who sexually abused his daughter throughout her adolescence could get 10 years knocked off his sentence under terms of an appeals court decision this morning.
Israel Weingarten was improperly convicted on one count involving incest that occurred during a trip from Belgium to Israel, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled.
The unanimous decree says that citizens can't be found guilty in America for crimes committed overseas unless there's a "territorial nexus to the United States."
The three-judge panel upheld other convictions covering abuse that took place during travel from Brooklyn to Belgium, and from Israel to Brooklyn.
Weingarten, a member of the Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, was sentenced to 30 years in the slammer for traveling across international borders in order to molest the girl, the second-oldest of his eight kids.
The now-grown woman tearfully testified against Weingarten during a 2009 Brooklyn federal court trial at which he acted as his own lawyer and angrily cross-examined her on the witness stand.
A spokesman for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office said prosecutors "will review the Second Circuit's decision and consider our options."
The Appeals Court decision as a PDF file:
Download Weingarten appeal decision 1-18-11
The summary order as a PDF document:
Download Weingarten summary order appeals court 1-18-11
[Hat Tip: The Other DK.]
Islam allows the rape of young girls (religiously). Why al-mighty in heaven, does this all sound so familiar? And here's an islam version of "our" Rubashkin - Yemen has sentenced in absentia US-born terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki to 10 years in prison for inciting to murder, while at the same time his latest posting for Al-Qaeda states it is permissible to steal from ”non-believers” – especially Americans – for the sake of jihad.
Posted by: What kind of goyishe name is Harold z"l? | January 18, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Weingarten like Rubashkin is a big tzaddik, the antisemite government went after him with a vengeance because he is a yid, Chabbad should show their ahavas yisrael and adopt Weingarten like one of their own.
Where is Pinchus Lipshits when you need him
Posted by: Bassy the Haredi Slayer | January 18, 2011 at 01:36 PM
I am surprised that he acted as his own "lawyer" with these serious charges.
Posted by: David | January 18, 2011 at 01:46 PM
Where is Linda Reade when you need her?
Let us hope that we don't have to see this "meiskeit" for the next 20 years. My skin crawls when I see his haredi face.
Posted by: JC | January 18, 2011 at 01:50 PM
He wasn't vindicated. The Appeals Court upheld the lower court ruling that Weingarten was given a fair trial and upheld the conclusion that he did indeed molest his daughter as accused. They just said that Congress did not write the legislation clearly enough to cover travel between two foreign countries for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Yes, he will now serve 20 years instead of 30. However, he is no tzadik. He is a vile rapist and cruel mamzer.
Posted by: Yerachmiel Lopin | January 18, 2011 at 01:51 PM
May this lowlife be consigned to general population in the prison he will be housed in for the next 20 years. Rapists are the second lowest strata and child molesters are the lowest. This pig will be bitch to many inmates for a long long time.
Hey Weingarten-hope you like being on the receiving end, be sure to get some Preparation H-you'll need it, pig!
Posted by: Alter Kocker | January 18, 2011 at 02:06 PM
Anybody know how much time he has to serve before he's eligible for parole?
Posted by: effie | January 18, 2011 at 02:41 PM
I have just posted about the ruling on Weingarten http://wp.me/FbfD
BTW the appeals court rejected Weingarten's claim that he was given inadquate legal representation by the lawyers HE HIRED. The appeals court also rejected W's claim that he represented himself because he had no choice and because he wasn't adequately warned about the risks of self representation.
He is quite guilty of the acts of which he was charged but he gets off when he shleps his daughter between Israel and Belgium for that purpose.
Posted by: Yerachmiel Lopin | January 18, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Vos is neiz doesn't cover it cause they are chicken shits. Shame on them.
Posted by: Critical minyan | January 18, 2011 at 04:07 PM
do not be intimidated,zero tolerance for child abuse and severe punishment for everyone who knows and thinks it's acceptable behavior and fails to report it.
Posted by: meridian | January 18, 2011 at 05:36 PM
Wiengarten has some 20 more years to rest , Hey weingarten if you read this here some jokes to spare for your prison buddies:
Q. Why do gay men wear ribbed condoms?
A. For traction in the mud.
Q. What is the difference between a drug dealer and a hooker?
A. A hooker can wash her crack and sell it again.
Q. W hat do a Christmas tree and priest have in common?
A. Their balls are just for decoration.
Q: How do you circumcise a hillbilly?
A: Kick his sister in the jaw
Q. Why do women rub their eyes when they get up in the morning?
A. They don't have balls to scratch!
Posted by: Moshe aron Kestenbaum, Williamsburg ODA | January 18, 2011 at 06:37 PM
Dear Leo, wherever you are:
I congratulate you and your camp on this victory. I don't suppose that you have a problem with the appeals court knocking 10 yeasr off the sentence? After all, 20 years is still a life sentence. This will set back YM's case by at least 5 years and $500,000. I doubt Reb Moshe Green will stick around that long, and I doubt even more that they will raise even a fraction of the required sum.
Posted by: Forty Eighter | January 18, 2011 at 08:22 PM
The power of The Moschiach is at work and happening before our very eyes.
Posted by: Menachem Mendel lll | January 18, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Mr. Rosenberg,
Do you have a clear photo or mug shot of this payes strutin' mumzer & kurvehnik?
Posted by: Menachem Mendel lll | January 18, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Posted by: Moshe aron Kestenbaum, Williamsburg ODA | January 18, 2011 at 06:37 PM
Moshe, you jokes are unbecoming.
Posted by: Leo Weingarten | January 18, 2011 at 09:18 PM
Posted by: Forty Eighter | January 18, 2011 at 08:22 PM
In my view this is not a sport, so I don’t celebrate, and the fact is that this case goes back for resentencing to the same judge who presided at trial. I am supposing, that the judge will NOT take off ten years, he will change either count four or five from concurrent to consecutive. Time will tell.
Posted by: Leo Weingarten | January 18, 2011 at 09:39 PM
Leo:
I am not sure that the Judge could do that. The judge didnt throw out the sentence, so I don't think the judge can increase the sentence for those counts that have been affirmed. But you are more familiar with the courts than I am.
Not that it makes much of a difference.
Posted by: Forty Eighter | January 18, 2011 at 09:52 PM
Posted by: effie | January 18, 2011 at 02:41 PM
Parole no longer exists in the federal system. Therefore, if you are sentenced to prison, you will not be released early on parole.
On sentences longer than one year (1 year and 1 day or more), federal inmates automatically earn a reduction of 54 days per year based on good behavior. This means that if you stay out of trouble, your sentence is automatically reduced by 54 days per year. For example, on a 2-year sentence, the reduction for good behavior would allow you to be released after serving only approximately 20 months. Good time credit is given automatically based on good behavior. It can only be taken away from an inmate after disciplinary hearings that routinely follow any prison infractions.
Posted by: Leo Weingarten | January 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Posted by: Forty Eighter | January 18, 2011 at 09:52 PM
I know for fact, that the Judge could do it.
Posted by: Leo Weingarten | January 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Leo Weingarten,
I don't think Moshe Von Kestenbaum is joking.
Posted by: Menachem Mendel lll | January 18, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Leo: Thanks. I missed the part where the news reports mentioned the US Atty and therefore a federal and not a state case. Duh.
Posted by: effie | January 19, 2011 at 07:04 AM
May the victim flourish and may the pig get stitches for a torn rectum infected with shvartzeseed.
Posted by: Bfeirush in Fartscroll | January 19, 2011 at 07:38 AM
Posted by: Forty Eighter | January 18, 2011 at 09:52 PM
Please allow me to apologize; I was not clear enough in my previous reply. The judge would not change the actual sentence he gave YM. The actual sentence is 10 years for each of the five counts which is the maximum. But count 1 through 3 he ordered to serve consecutively, meaning full 30 years, and count 4, and 5 he ordered to serve concurrent meaning simultaneous with count 1-3. Now that count 3 was dismissed, the judge has the legal option to change count 4 or 5 to serve consecutively.
Posted by: Leo Weingarten | January 19, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Some of these comments are serious cause for concern.
Posted by: normal | January 19, 2011 at 04:40 PM
If the ABers toss the rabbi's salad do they make a haadomeh or an ashe yotzar?
Posted by: Bfeirush in Fartscroll | January 20, 2011 at 12:08 AM
Kestenbaum-u are hilarious-keep it up!
Posted by: tooclose2detroit | January 20, 2011 at 01:18 PM