Sex offender to spend 10 years on probation in Israel

Child rapist commits crime in America, serves sentence in Israel

A man who pleaded no contest to the attempted rape of an 11-year-old boy will serve no prison time but instead will spend 10 years on probation in Israel.

Raymond M. Pietrowski, 45, will live in an Israeli halfway house in Jerusalem, where he will undergo sex offender treatment from a doctor there with a background in clinical psychology.

Pietrowski is from Chicago and committed the offense in July 2001 while visiting the child's guardian, a friend in Naples. He'll receive credit for the nearly two years he has spent in Collier County jail and in a state mental hospital after the court declared he was incompetent to stand trial.

Originally charged with two counts of capital sexual battery, both punishable by automatic life sentences, Pietrowski instead was formally convicted in a hearing Wednesday of two counts of attempted rape. Those are punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

In order for the judge to approve the plea agreement to shift the probation to a foreign country, Collier Circuit Judge Lauren Miller held a hearing Monday for the court and both lawyers to interview by phone the doctor, Gerald Yehuda Oppenheim. They were satisfied he is a legitimate doctor who can treat Pietrowski.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Pietrowski must have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 18, may not return to the United States during his probationary period, and must provide copies of plane tickets and affidavits proving he arrived in Israel.

"(The plea) resolves the case, he had spent almost two years in jail, it spares the child from having to testify, and he'll be monitored to make sure he takes his medication," said Assistant State Attorney Steve Maresca, the prosecutor who handled the case.

Attorneys for both sides said the shifting of Pietrowski to a different country is a bit unusual but not unheard of. Pietrowski has ties to people in Israel and may have dual citizenship there and in the United States. Maresca said the agreement is a fair resolution that satisfies the victim's guardian while ensuring Pietrowski receives treatment for his mental illness.

Pietrowski's attorney, Jerry Berry, said he doesn't think Israeli officials would have any say in whether a convicted sex offender moves there, even though Pietrowski would have to register as a sexual predator in most states in the United States. A person convicted of a crime in one country doesn't lose citizenship rights or status in his home country, Berry said. It'd have no jurisdiction.

Pietrowski was arrested in December 2001 on a warrant. He was charged with having oral sex with the boy, whose name is not being published because of the nature of the case.

Pietrowski also received a 15-year suspended prison sentence. That means if he violates his probation in Israel, he can be brought back to the United States and sentenced to that term.
 
How come this criminal wasn't thrown in with the sharks? Special treatment because he's Jewish?

How many prosecutors have you heard say this when it comes to child rapists?:

"Pietrowski has ties to people in Israel and may have dual citizenship there and in the United States. Maresca said the agreement is a fair resolution that satisfies the victim's guardian while ensuring Pietrowski receives treatment for his mental illness."
 
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talui said:
How come this criminal wasn't thrown in with the sharks? Special treatment because he's Jewish?

How many prosecutors have you heard say this when it comes to child rapists?:

"Pietrowski has ties to people in Israel and may have dual citizenship there and in the United States. Maresca said the agreement is a fair resolution that satisfies the victim's guardian while ensuring Pietrowski receives treatment for his mental illness."
Israel is biased, Israel gives jews special rights above and beyond any other group while stridently denying this. I have no idea why it's our ally.
 
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Budzic said:
What is really strange is that there are some in this country who promote these behaviors as just another alternative life style and the ACLU supports them.
The ACLU supports their right to say what they say. "I disagree with every word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" sound familiar?
 
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