Azaria's sole lawyer now
Photo: Gil Yohanan
All but one of Azaria's lawyers quit as appeal filed
Three members of Elor Azaria's defense team resign, claiming to have done 'the maximum.' They state that they will be at the family's disposition if needed. The soldier's one remaining lawyer appeals his conviction.
Three of convicted killer Elor Azaria's four lawyers resigned from his legal team on Wednesday as the one remaining attorney filed an appeal against the soldier's manslaughter conviction.
The resigning lawyers, Eyal Besserglick, Ilan Katz and Karmit Scheiber, released a self-laudatory statement in which they simultaneously boasted of their legal achievements and condemned the verdict. They claimed to have written 50 pages of the appeal that was filed by Azaria's sole remaining lawyer, Yoram Sheftel, on Wednesday.
Elor Azaria (Photo: Reuters)
The Military Advocate General, for their part, have not yet revealed if they will appeal the sentence of 18 months for having killed an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist. They have another week to decide.
And then there was one: Yoram Sheftel (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
Over the past week the Azaria team was divided on how best to proceed. Katz and Besserglick were of the opinion that it was best to give up on an appeal and begin applying for a reprieve from the military or clemency from the president.
Their reasoning for this is that the several-month process of filing an appeal will delay the applications for a reprieve or clemency by at least three months, which is likely to damage the chances of his sentence being significantly reduced.
The opposing position supported the filing of an appeal due to the seriousness of manslaughter, of which Azaria was convicted.
