Criminal
Dec. 13, 2012
After months behind bars, rabbi who refused to testify is freed by Los Angeles judge
An orthodox rabbi who refused to testify before a federal grand jury was freed from jail late Monday after a Los Angeles judge lifted a contempt order against him.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An orthodox rabbi who refused to testify before a federal grand jury was freed from jail late Monday after a Los Angeles judge lifted a contempt order against him.
In refusing to testify, Moshe Zigelman cited the Jewish principle of mesira, which forbids Jews from testifying against other Jews in secular courts in some contexts. He remained in a Brooklyn detention facility for nearly seven months after ...
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