Levi Aron – 40 years in Jail
Last year, everyone in the world heard of Levi Aron. He became known as the Brooklyn butcher who stole a child from his tight community in broad daylight. Brooklynites hoped that the little boy was ‘just lost’ and not abducted. My friends and I went to look for Leiby Kletzky because we grew up in an adjacent neighborhood and we knew where a child could get lost. When we found out that the little boy was viciously murdered we cried because no child should have to go through what he went through and no family should have to endure the pain that followed.
Levi Aron was sentenced today. I’ve been waiting for his sentencing. I was sure that somehow or another that his attorney was going to try to put in an insanity plea and it would be accepted. Yet, Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn DA said early on that he wouldn’t accept an insanity plea. I wasn’t sure if he would be able to stick to it when stories were released that Aron was hearing voices while he was in prison. Aron was deemed to be competent and for a year he sat in jail.
Levi Aron was able to take a plea bargain that will result in him getting 40 years. Leiby Kletzky’s parents, Nachman and Ester Kletzky didn’t want to have to go to court and hear the terrible details of the murder, so they asked Hynes to offer a plea bargain.
Nachman Kletzky, Leiby’s father is suing Levi Aron for 100 million for punitive damages and Levi Aron’s father for 100 million since the incident happened in his home.
I think 40 years is a good amount of time to keep Levi Aron in jail. People say this will allow the Kletzky family to heal. I disagree, I think it will keep Aron safe from the angry society he rocked to the core. The Kletzky’s will never be the same as they were. With time, the pain may become a bit less, but thoughts of their son will be on their mind daily.
Hugs,
marlene
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