Rivlin commutes sentence of man who killed his rapist

19 November 2017, 2:12 pm

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President Rivlin commutes the sentence of a man convicted of killing his rapist and sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison.

Yonatan Heilo, who has long fought for early release, will be able to come before the parole board after Rivlin reduced his sentence to 10 years and eight months.

In 2016, at the recommendation of the Justice Ministry, Rivlin turned down Hailu’s request for a full pardon.

Heilo was originally convicted of murdering Yaron Eilin, who repeatedly raped, robbed and blackmailed him over a period of several months in 2010.

However, in 2016, following an appeal, the Supreme Court softened Heilo’s murder conviction, instead finding him guilty of manslaughter and reducing his term from 20 years to 12.