Israeli Judge Finds Sheinbein Extraditable to U.S. Despite his Israeli Nationality

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Author: 

Bruce Zagaris

Date Published: 

Thursday, October 1, 1998

Volume: 

14

Issue: 

10

Pages: 

401-403

Subject Areas: 

Extradition
Murder

Geographic Identifier: 

United States
Israel

Abstract: 

On September 6, 1998, Judge Moshe Ravid of Jerusalem District Court ruled that Samuel Sheinbein, the Maryland teenager charged with killing and dismembering Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr., another teenager last year in Maryland, may be extradited to stand trial in the U.S., even though he is an Israeli citizen. Meanwhile, the State of Maryland has charged Sheinbein’s father with obstruction of justice... [more]