Ex-Israeli premier gets $19,000 fine, no prison
Posted: September 25, 2012 at 4:58 a.m.
Ehud Olmert, a former prime minister of Israel, was sentenced by a Jerusalem court Monday to a one-year suspended prison term and a maximum fine of about $19,000 for breach of trust. The relatively light sentence ended a long-running prosecution that forced Olmert from office. It also opened the way for a possible political comeback.
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