Reported: 17:45 PM - Apr/14/10 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/184396
(IsraelNN.com) Mk Michael Ben-Ari slammed High Court Justice Proccia Wednesday for agreeing to let Anat Kam, suspected of leaking thousands of classified IDF documents, to remain home and not be placed in detention until the end of proceedings against her.
Ben-Ari says that the same judge ordered 14 year old religious girls to remain in prison till the end of proceedings against them when they were accused of minor offensives regarding nationalist issues.
by Gil Ronen 30 Nisan,5770 / Apr 14 2010 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137017
Kam is charged with stealing hundreds of top secret documents from the Central Command Headquarters and transferring them to a journalist from Haaretz. Surprisingly, however, for a case involving such severe charges, she has not been jailed for the duration of the proceedings against her. Instead, she is under house arrest while her trial, which began three months ago, continues behind closed doors.
The Prosecution asked to place Kam under full arrest, as is the norm in cases involving serious charges. Judge Procaccia rejected the request, saying that “it is possible that she should have been placed under arrest [in jail] from the outset. However, in view of the passage of the considerable period of time in which Kam has been under house arrest, and since there is no reason to believe that she violated the conditions of her release, the High Court decided that making the conditions of the house arrest stricter will suffice.”
The court determined that the offenses Kam is charged with are particularly grave because they “could cause real damage to vital state interests, in security and military matters.”
MK Katz unconvinced
National Union Chairman MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) reacted angrily to the decision, saying: “They are all members of the same clique: the retired [Judge Dalia] Dorner, Procaccia in the present day and if it were up to them, Kam would be sitting in the Supreme Court too.”
"Kam should have been placed in jail for the duration of the legal process against her,” he added, “but Judge Procaccia has difficulty doing this because in principle, her outlook is similar to that of Anat Kam.”
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