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So this one's interesting for only his second use of these powers. I wonder if it has something to do with this Jerusalem deal, maybe a favor for Israeli interests. A kosher meat packing operation was raided for using illegals, and investigators uncovered a mess of fraud and financial crimes. The guy does 8 out of 27 years, and Trump draws a line in the sand by saying that massive fraud and financial crimes should not be punished harshly like violent crime.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365907-trump-issues-first-commuted-prison-sentence
President Trump on Wednesday issued his first commuted sentence for a federal prisoner, freeing Sholom Rubashkin, the former owner of the country’s largest kosher meat-processing plant who in 2009 was sentenced to 27 years in prison for a litany of financial crimes.
The commutation had bipartisan support from lawmakers and had become a cause among many leading voices in the legal community, petitioning the Obama and Trump administrations to draw attention to a sentence they said was wildly disproportionate to the crime that had been committed.
Rubashkin, a father of 10, will have served eight years of his sentence. The commutation is not a presidential pardon — Rubashkin’s conviction will stand, as will his terms of release and the restitution payments he will be obliged to pay.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365907-trump-issues-first-commuted-prison-sentence
President Trump on Wednesday issued his first commuted sentence for a federal prisoner, freeing Sholom Rubashkin, the former owner of the country’s largest kosher meat-processing plant who in 2009 was sentenced to 27 years in prison for a litany of financial crimes.
The commutation had bipartisan support from lawmakers and had become a cause among many leading voices in the legal community, petitioning the Obama and Trump administrations to draw attention to a sentence they said was wildly disproportionate to the crime that had been committed.
Rubashkin, a father of 10, will have served eight years of his sentence. The commutation is not a presidential pardon — Rubashkin’s conviction will stand, as will his terms of release and the restitution payments he will be obliged to pay.
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