Rasmea Odeh granted bond pending sentencing
Convicted terrorist bomber and immigration fraudster gets sentenced in March 2015.
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Rasmieh (Rasmea) Odeh, the terrorist convicted in Israel of a supermarket bombing that killed two students, was convicted in federal court in Detroit on November 10, 2014, of immigration fraud for lying on her visa and naturalization applications.
For details on why Odeh was guilty as charged in Israel and Detroit, see my post Rasmea Odeh rightly convicted of Israeli supermarket bombing and U.S. immigration fraud
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She faces 10 years in prison, but likely will receive a much lower sentence.
After conviction, the Judge revoked Odeh’s bond since she was a flight risk. After a motion for reconsideration, the Judge this afternoon granted her $50,000 cash bond, finding she was not a likely flight risk, but did have problems with honesty.
The full Order is below.
The Order reads, in part:
…. Defendant stands convicted of a crime that will result in not only a certain sentence, but also certain removal from the United States upon completion of that sentence. At her trial, Douglas Pierce, Section Chief for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service in the Detroit office, testified that Defendant’s conviction in Israel, if it had been honestly disclosed, would have rendered her inadmissible for entry into the United States. Her conviction in Israel would have demonstrated a lack of good moral character that is required for eligibility to immigrate.
Additionally, the Government has made compelling arguments concerning Defendant’s seeming proclivity for dishonesty, as well as her apparent disdain for this Court’s Orders. It is of course not lost on this Court that Defendant’s testimony concerning her escape from prison in Israel suggests her belief that her actions were warranted because her conviction was unjustified Defendant has expressed a similar feeling concerning her recent conviction for unlawful procurement of naturalization.
However, Defendant’s dedication to her community work and the people that such work assists, as well as the presence of relatives in Chicago, demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that she is not as significant a flight risk as originally believed. Yet, her substantial disdain for this Court’s Orders causes the Court to conclude that a substantial bond is required to ensure her appearance in March for sentencing….
As such, the Court will require a cash bond in the amount of $50,000.00 to ensure her presence for sentencing in March of next year. Additionally, the Court will require Defendant to report, bi-weekly, to the probation department for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Rasmieh Odeh Case – Order Granting Pre-Sentencing Bond
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Should have been at least 5 mill.
Deport her to a country with sharia law. Enough of letting her enjoy the lifestyle of the west.
What? No electronic monitoring?
I hope the bail-bondman’s skip-tracer is a retired Mossad guy.
With a twitch in his trigger finger.
so illegal alien gets out on bond.
yeah shes a good bet.
“result in not only a certain sentence, but also certain removal from the United States upon completion of that sentence.”
Remove her immediately, why spend taxpayer dollars to incarcerate her?
Right. So she flees. We keep the $50K bond and we don’t pay for anymore of her lawyers or pay to incarcerate her. Win, Win.
If she ever does show up again, there is no problem with an appeal because she will have committed another crime.
She should leave for Canada.. that will give her another 10 years of disputing her refugee status.
Why do you hate Canada so? Were you traumatized by a hockey puck as a child?
Please note that the Honorable Gershwin Drain was appointed to a lifetime term on the federal bench by Barack Obama.
Elections matter.
No one likes choosing the lesser of two evils until they realize the alternative is a greater evil.
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Gotta say, though, Gershwin Drain is a great name.
Sentencing in 2015? $50k bond?
This is a joke.
Under the Fed, the U.S. Probation Department prepares a “Pre-sentence Investigation Report” to guide Judge in sentencing pursuant to Sentencing Guidelines. This process could take a couple months.
$100 donation to L.I. says she bolts.