I sent this to Dov Bear and Jewess, and while it was really big news two years ago, they haven't blogged about it:
A 21-year-old man convicted of beating his three-month-old infant to death was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in jail and two years suspended by a Jerusalem court.
Yisrael Valis was previously found guilty of manslaughter for repeatedly biting, beating, pinching and punching his son Refael because he "did not accept him" due to a congenital defect in the child's neck muscles.
Valis was arrested two years ago after he admitted during police questioning to repeatedly beating his child. He later retracted his confession in a court hearing, saying it had been coerced by police.
Jerusalem District Court Judge Hanna Ben-Ami noted in Tuesday's ruling that Valis has expressed no remorse for his actions whatsoever.
"All he cares about is getting his life back together," she wrote.
At the same time, the court found that Valis did not intend to kill his son, and that his actions stemmed from recklessness. As such, the court saw fit to exercise leniency despite the severity of the offense.
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