We must ban these vicious assault weapons immediately!
Posted on 02/08/2006 9:03:26 AM PST by Alouette
Court sentences ultra-Orthodox man who attempted to kill J’lem Gay Parade marchers to 12 years in prison. Mother of stabbing victim: This won't give us back the nights and days we were in hospital with our daughter
Even representatives of the gay community did not expect such a heavy punishment for the knifeman who stabbed marchers in the Gay Pride Parade, Yishai Schlissel, who received 12 years in prison.
Schlissel was convicted of attempting to murder three people during the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, which took place some six months ago.
Three marchers sustained light to moderate wounds in the attack. Schlissel said at the time “I came to murder in the name of God. Such abomination cannot exist in Israel.”
The Jerusalem District Court also ordered that NIS 280 million (about USD 60 million) be paid as compensation to the victims.
"This won't give us back the nights and days we were in hospital with our daughter," said Yafit, the mother of Ligal Trazi, who was stabbed in the march, and who today has a large scar in the place where she was stabbed.
"It also won't make our horror and hysteria disappear – but at least people will know that such a thing will not go over quietly," she added.
Yafit said she would submit a civil lawsuit against Schlissel as well, which she will base on Wednesday's verdict and sentence.
"I will make his life bitter like he made our life bitter, but I must say I am pleasantly surprised by the judges. We didn't expect 12 years," Yafit said.
Upon hearing his sentence, and immediately after judges told him how much time he would serve in prison, Schlissel sat down in protest. Judges called for him to rise three times but he refused.
'Punishment was appropriate'
Schlissel's family and friends called on him to stand but he also refused their request, and his lawyer, Asher Ohayon, said that this was Schlissel's decision, and there was nothing he could do it about it.
"I'm talking to you and therefore you'll stand, you are starting to show contempt of court," Judge Zvi Segal angrily told Schlissel, to no avail.
Judges added to the sentencing "During sentencing the accused showed contempt of court repeatedly and refused to stand when asked to do so."
The Jerusalem District Attorney apparently intends to add an additional charge against Schlissel – showing contempt of court, based on the addition made by the judges.
Ohayon said his client planned on appealing the decision, saying "This is a wrongful verdict; it's hard to ignore from the clear public pressure that was applied without end on the judges within the hall and outside of it, which influenced the judges' decision. For all of our good, its best that this verdict not remain as it is."
Outside the court, members of Open House (gay rights organization) and Meretz party activists demonstrated.
Hagai Elad, head of the Open House, said "The punishment was appropriate, but from my perspective it hasn’t ended, because many of the people who incited him were not on the bench of the accused."
Judges wrote in their verdict "The conclusion is that the accused showed excessive fanaticism… he has no semblance of tolerance in his heart for those who took part in the march… and there is no compromise in his world view. The accused was prepared, out of full awareness, to pay a heavy price for his acts… and was in control his actions."
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That's right, there was a "Gay" parade in Jersualem...
Where were the Western editors calling for its cancellation due to its "provacative nature?"
What was the sentence for the guy who stabbed and killed the Jewish kiud in Crown Heights? Oh that's right, aquittal and party with Al Sharpton.
Have you ever been to the place in Berlin where a simple little bronze placque on the wall says (in German) "This is where Krystallnacht" began?.......
What would Muslims do in Saudi Arabia or Iran?
[Jew attacked gays with butter knife]
just spreading the KY a'round'
Sure! With luck, and a liberal judge, maybe he'll get another twelve years. Sigh.
Self-mutilation comes from self-loathing. It isn't "pride". It is a mental disorder.
It's near imposible to hurt or kill someone with a butter knife
Vigilantism is never the answer and death is not the penalty for same sex sodomy.
That said, the there is no tolerance in the modern word for those who disagree with the homosexual agenda and believe that society should not be CELEBRATING sin and shoving these antisocial acts down the throats of the public. "Diversity training" is just socialist doublespeak for "re-education center".
There was no debate on the issue. Courts ran it through in opposition to popular opinion.
A butter knife! That's not what they want to be stabbed with!
I stand corrected. It was not a butter knife, it was a fruit knife.
For the general happiness, wouldn't it be better if we brought back a civilized gesture of disapproval - say, "thumb down"? That way one could express one's attitude without even creating audible pollution, let alone injuring others.
BINGO! And Brian Camenker from Article 8 sent me an e-mail alerting us that GLAD wants to use the attack at the Gay Bar by the kid that killed the cop in Arkansas as an example of why sexual orientation classes should be taught to PreK!
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