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Some notable reactions and coverage of the severe white-collar sentence for Sholom Rubashkin

By Douglas A. Berman

As reported here yesterday, a high-profile white-collar case culminated in a very long sentence for Sholom Rubashkin for his role in the financial fraud at a former Iowa kosher plant Agriprocessors Inc. This sentence has already produced notable reactions, as this abridged press review highlights: From The BLT here, "Rubashkin Lawyers to Challenge 27-Year Sentence in Fraud Case" From the Chicago Tribune here, "White-collar blues" From the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier here, "Rubashkin backers decry 27-year sentence" Though a lot could and surely will be said about the long prison sentence imposed on Sholom Rubashkin, those who focus on sentencing patterns might especially want to recall that the sentence of 27 years given to Rubashkin is longer than the prison sentences imposed on the heads of Enron (Jeff Skilling) and WorldCom (Bernie Ebbers) and Adelphia (John and Tim Rigas).continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).