Documentary Short on Prosecutorial Conduct Highlights Kosher Meatpacking Plant Executive’s Case

A recently released documentary short, titled “Unjustified: The Unchecked Power of America’s Justice System,” focuses on the fallout from a 2008 immigration raid on a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa. Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin was later charged with numerous violations, including violating child labor laws, identity theft and bank fraud. He was convicted on 86 financial fraud counts and sentenced to 27 years in prison, and his case has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The documentary was apparently directed by an Emmy-nominated producer who has worked on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” and Michael Moore’s Bravo TV series “The Awful Truth.” Additional information about Rubashkin’s case appears in Issue 439 of this Update. See The Des Moines Register, September 19, 2012.