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To Life In Prison
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Los Angeles (JTA) — Robert
Manning, the California-
- born Israeli found guilty of
complicity in the 1980 mail
bomb death of a Los Angeles
secretary, has been sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment,
without possibility of parole
for 30 years.
U.S. District Judge
Dickran Tevrizian rejected
the request by Mr. Mann-
ing's lawyer for parole el-
igibility in 10 years, citing
the "callous" and "hideous"
nature of Mr. Manning's
crime.
Before his sentencing in
federal court, Mr. Manning
denied involvement in what
he called "this horrible
crime," and asked the judge
to recommend that he be
allowed to serve his sentence
in an Israeli prison.
"This whole thing is
sickening to me," said Mr.
Maiming, who did not take
the stand during his trial. "I
wouldn't have anything to
do with this sort of thing."
An early Los Angeles
member of the Jewish
Defense League and a resi-
dent of Kiryat Arba since his
emigration to Israel 10 years
ago, Manning fought and
lost a two-year battle in
Israel to prevent his extradi-
tion to the United States.
Authorities here have
cited Mr. Manning as a
suspect in a number of at-
tacks against Arab-
Americans and neo-Nazis in
this country, some of these
acts allegedly linked to the
late Rabbi Meir Kahane.
But the charges on which
he was convicted had no
ideological implications.
According to testimony
given at his trial, Mr. Maim-
ing, 42, and his wife
Rochelle were hired by a
fellow JDL member,
William Ross, to construct
and mail a booby-trapped
device to the owner of a local
computer firm, with whom
Ross had a drawn-out busi-
ness dispute.
The package was opened
by the firm's secretary,
Patricia Wilkerson, who was
killed instantly when she
followed instructions in the
package to plug the device
into an electrical outlet.
Both Rochelle Manning,
53, and Mr. Ross, 57, stood
trial on the same charge five
years ago, but were released
when the jury could not
agree on a verdict.
Rochelle Manning return-
ed to Israel but has been
reindicted, and her extradi-
tion to the United States has
been ordered by the Israeli
Supreme Court and signed
by Justice Minister David
Libai.
She is appealing the order
on the grounds that her re-
ligious, eating and dress re-
quirements as an Orthodox
woman would not be met in
an American prison. Both
she and her husband hold
dual American and Israeli
citizenship.
In her appeals petition,
Rochelle Manning cited an
affidavit by Rabbi Zvi Block,
Robert Manning's spiritual
adviser here, stating that
despite an order by the
California court, her hus-
band has not been given
kosher food or allowed to
wear tefillin in prison when
he says his morning prayers.
Mr. Ross fled the United
States in August after his re-
JDL member con-
victed in the 1980
bombing death of a
California secretary
continues to claim
innocence.
indictment but recently sur-
rendered to Canadian au-
thorities and has been
returned to Los Angeles.
It is expected that he and
Rochelle Manning will stand
trial together in July, if she
is extradited from Israel.
The case has aroused
strong emotions in Israel
among Orthodox and na-
tionalist groups. Supporters
of Robert Manning in Israel
and here claim that the real
reason American authorities
kept after him was to link
him to a 1985 bombing that
killed Southern California
Arab-American activist Alex
Odeh.
However, under the terms
of the U.S.-Israel extradition
treaty, he cannot be pros-
ecuted for any additional
crimes. ❑
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