President denies he supports pardon for Katsav

President Reuven Rivlin denies that he supports an early release or presidential pardon for former president Moshe Katsav, who since December 2011 has been serving a seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offenses.

The president will “study the issue and formulate his position,” Rivlin says on Twitter.

Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after it unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court's rape conviction. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after it unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court’s rape conviction. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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