65 MKs urge pardon for man who killed his rapist

14 June 2016, 2:58 pm

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At least 65 MKs sign a letter to President Reuven Rivlin calling on him to pardon Yonatan Hilo, an Israeli serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man who raped and abused him.

The letter, drafted by Knesset Deputy Speaker Yoel Hasson (Zionist Union), notes that “Hilo, a young man of Ethiopian origin with no criminal record, had been exposed to verbal, physical and lasting mental abuse from a neighborhood bully,” Walla reports.

The Supreme Court last month overturned Hilo’s murder conviction in the 2010 death of Yaron Ayalon, convicting him instead of manslaughter and reducing his sentence from 20 years to 12.