Epstein's son was acquitted of conspiracy and kidnapping counts. Two other rabbis were convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.
Source/Credit: The Huffington Post
By The Associated Press | April 22, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An Orthodox rabbi accused of using brutal tactics to force unwilling Jewish men to divorce their wives was convicted on Tuesday of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
But the federal jury in Rabbi Mendel Epstein's case rendered a mixed verdict, acquitting him of attempted kidnapping.
Epstein's son was acquitted of conspiracy and kidnapping counts. Two other rabbis were convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.
Prosecutors said the rabbi's team used brutal methods and tools, including handcuffs and electric cattle prods, to torture the men into granting divorces, known as gets. [ more ... ]
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