Arnoldo Lazarovsky

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sexual Assault
Sentence:	6 years with 2 years suspended
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Israel
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City of Crime:	Tel Aviv
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Arnoldo Lazarovsky was wrongly convicted twice of an indecent act and an act of sodomy against a minor less than 14 years of age. Lazarovsky's first conviction on July 27, 2000, in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court was based on the testimony of the victim about the assaults in 1991 when the boy was 12-years-old and Lazarovsky worked at a swimming pool. The victim complained about the assaults 6 years later when he entered the Israeli military. The 66-year-old Lazarovsky was sentenced to six years in prison, with 2 years suspended. After Lazarovsky's release his conviction was overturned in 2005, he was again convicted after his retrial. Lazarovsky appealed that conviction. The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted Lazarovsky on November 25, 2010. It was the first time a retrial conducted by the Israeli Supreme Court had acquitted someone overturning their conviction. Lazarovsky's conviction was overturned based on the acquittal on appeal of another man, Gregory Schneider, who had also been convicted of allegedly committing similar crimes against the boy. Schneider's convictions were overturned based on the appeals court judge's finding that the unreliability of the boy's testimony."
Conviction Caused By:	Either erroneous identification or perjury by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted Lazarovsky on November 25, 2010."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	66
Age When Released:	70
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court overturns sex crime conviction, after sentence served, By Dan Izenberg (staff), The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=196859
Information Source 2:	"Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Man Convicted of Abusing 11-year-old, Jonathan Lis, Israli News, Haaretz.com, December 28, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/663509.html
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Arnoldo Lazarovsky

Charge:

Child/Minor Sexual Assault

Sentence:

6 years with 2 years suspended

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Israel

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Tel Aviv

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Either erroneous identification or perjury by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted Lazarovsky on November 25, 2010."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

66

Age When Released:

70

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court overturns sex crime conviction, after sentence served, By Dan Izenberg (staff), The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=196859

Information Source 2:

"Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Man Convicted of Abusing 11-year-old, Jonathan Lis, Israli News, Haaretz.com, December 28, 2005"

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/663509.html

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