Federal sentencing for former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin has been delayed.
Rubashkin, who had worked at the meatpacking plant in Postville when it was raided in May 2008, is currently on trial in Waterloo for misdemeanor state child labor violations.
That trial is slated to last the rest of this week and overlaps with sentencing Rubashkin’s federal fraud conviction, which had been scheduled for Thursday.
Today (Monday) U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade entered an order delaying the federal sentencing until June 22. The sentencing will be at 3:30 p.m. at the courthouse in Cedar Rapids.
Rubashkin has been convicted for fraud in connection with loans the company received, and a sentencing hearing had started April 28. Judge Reade didn’t announce the punishment, saying she needed more time to consider the matter. She initially said Thursday was the date the sentence would be completed.
Meanwhile trial for the state child labor charges started May 11.
(Source: WCF Courier)
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Let’s pray that the judge will determine that a mistrial is in order. I am willing to be corrected if Rubashkin is entitled to a new trial or to have his current federal trial to be declared a mistrial.
Maybe this Rashanta, Judge Reade, is having second thoughts aout becoming poster child for a neo-American-anti-Semite movement.
Deepthinker should think a little before launching ad hominim attacks against the Judge in a public forum, as should Yeshiva World before allowing such posts, which can only hurt Shalom Rubashkin.