State Attorneys waives jail for Lupolianski

A week and a half after the judge announced that he will ease the penalties of Lupoliansi and Finer due to health reasons, the prosecutor's office announced today (Friday) that it accepted the request and it revokes the demand for Lupolianski's imprisonment.

Lupolianski's advisor Nahum Benedict. said in response: "There is no limit to cynicism and depravity of the prosecution, after the judge had said that he does not intend to impose a prison sentence, as is clear to all that Mr. Lupolianski did not take anything into his pocket and taking into account his past health, the Prosecutor's Office is now trying to postpone the sentence through ugly tricks, although Mr. Lupolianski's lawyers already made clear that they oppose reprieve the judgment to a later date."

The prosecution demanded to sentence five to seven years in prison for Uri Lupolianksi former mayor of Jerusalem after his conviction for bribery, but without penalty, since the funds were designated for the public in the Yad Sarah organization. For City Council member Avraham Feiner it asked to pronounce three to four years in prison.

The next day, the District Court Judge in Tel Aviv, David Rosen, announced that he intends to ease the punishment, and suggested to the prosecution an agreement of a suspended sentence, so this would not constitute a precedent. The judge also noted that in Lupolianski and Finer's case the bribery did not reach their pockets.

"The money did not reach their pockets and their children," he said, "It is bribery and corruption, but on the other, both have a medical condition which is not easy and not a medical condition born for court purposes," the judge said after the sentencing hearing of city council member Avraham Feiner.

Professor David Libai, Feiner's attorney, said immediately afterwards to Behadrey Haredim, that he was pleased that Judge Rosen accepted his words, and subsequently turned to the prosecution, to reach an agreement of mitigation in judgment with the lawyer.

"The judge acceded to my request," said Libai. According to him, Uri Lupolianksi too, who received the funds for the organization Yad Sarah, deserves mitigation, "I'm glad I was able to convince the judge to mitigate the judgment."

"I think it is very cruel and unfair to send people in a most difficult health situation to prison, even if it was a serious offense. These are most positive people, who did charity with the money."

At the District Court of Tel Aviv a request to postpone the sentencing of Uri Lupolianksi will be filed today (Friday), so that he can perform medical tests to determine the medical condition, to test whether he could go to jail despite his health.

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