MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Rav Yaakov Litzman feels the bill presented by Ayelet Shaked seeking to prevent the future release of murderers is insufficient.
Litzman feels that terrorists not falling under the category of the bill, those released from prison, should be compelled to compensate the family of the victim. Litzman’s version of the bill was not discussed by the Ministerial Law Committee. The committee on Sunday, 11 Iyar, passed the bill which seeks to permit the judicial system to sentence a defendant convicted of premeditated murder to life imprisonment without parole and without becoming eligible for presidential clemency.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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To me, this article is quite the eye opener. Does this mean that until now, a murderer would not typically be sentenced to life w/o parole? Or that a victim’s family couldn’t sue for wrongful death?
1. Assuming we are talking about terrorists rather than crminals, it would make more sense for Israel to be demanding reparations from the Palestinian government. After wars, demands for reparations have historically been made of the governments involved, not the individual soldiers – and a terrorist is basically a soldier working for a government. In any event, governments that survive wars have deep pockets, individuals don’t.
2. The way most post-war deals work, each side exchanges claims so the Israelis would end up paying Israeli victims of Arab terrorism, and the Palestinians would end up being liable to Arabs with claims against the Israelis (bad deal for the Arabs, and the Palestinians aren’t know for paying debts).
3. Under the subrogation principle, the money would go to the Israeli government to compensate the Israeli government for having paid allowances to victims of terrorism.
4. Given the above, this seems more like a “stunt” than a serious proposal.