SHOLOM RUBASHKIN DESERVES A NEW TRIAL!

SHOLOM RUBASHKIN DESERVES A NEW TRIAL!

New information shows that Judge Linda Reade, who presided over the Rubashkin trial and sentenced him to 27 years in prison, spent more than six months working to plan the raid on the Agriprocessors plant in Postville.

The judge never disclosed her work, or offered to recuse herself from the trial.

The new information sheds light on some of the decisions that Judge Reade made while presiding over the Sholom Rubashkin case, including imposing a sentence of two years more than what prosecutors recommended.

She apparently had a personal stake in the outcome of the Rubashkin case because she had been involved in the planning of the Agriprocessors raid for more than six months.

Show your support for Sholom Rubashkin by telling the Justice Department to investigate the prosecution and trial of Sholom Rubashkin.

• Read the story in the National Law Journal: http://bit.ly/bW52dl

• Read “Justice Denied” by Robert Steinbuch and Brett Tolman: http://bit.ly/cZacnj

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR SHOLOM RUBASHKIN:

1. Read the articles in the National Law Journal.

2. Send a respectful e-mail to the Department of Justice Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison (oipl@usdoj.gov).

3. Tell them to investigate the prosecution and trial of Sholom Rubashkin.

4. Remind them that more than two dozen former senior Justice Department officials – including six former U.S. attorneys general – said it would be an “absurdity” for a sentence of life in prison, or anything close to it, for a 51-year-old, first-time, non-violent offender.

5. Go on Facebook and Twitter and ask your friends to send an e-mail as well.

6. Forward this e-mail to family, friends and fellow supporters of Sholom Rubashkin.

7. Ask your friends and family to visit http://www.justiceforsholom.org and sign up to receive e-mails like this one.

Please note: It is inappropriate to send e-mails or other correspondence to the judge in this case or the appellate court. Please direct all e-mails to the Department of Justice Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison at oipl@usdoj.gov. Please keep your comments respectful at all times.

Together, we can show prosecutors and the legal community that concerned citizens are watching the case of Sholom Rubashkin, and that he deserves “equal and fair administration of justice under the law.”