Hagai Amir, brother of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin, might be released six months early due to overcrowding in the state’s prisons.
An accomplice in Rabin’s murder, Amir is serving a 161⁄2-year prison term for conspiracy, weapon possession and intimidation. Though he is scheduled to be released in six months, he could be set free as early as Nov. 8, along with other inmates whose sentences are nearly up.
In April 2006, Amir, 43, was sentenced to an additional year in prison after he was convicted of threatening to kill then–Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The convict and his brother, Yigal, who was sentenced to life in prison for Rabin’s murder, have served most of their sentences in isolated confinement due to fears that other inmates might attempt to harm them.
Shin Bet and the Israel Prison Service also claim that Hagai Amir poses danger to the state’s security and might indoctrinate other prisoners if not kept in isolation.
Hagai, unlike his brother, Yigal, who married while in prison, is single. — ynetnews.com