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Joseph Zernik, PhD

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2015-01-06 ISRAEL: Zadorov, Forman, and corruption of the justice

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Convicted murderer Roman Zadorov, and murder victim Tair Rada

In September 2010, Roman Zadorv was convicted in the 2006 murder of 12 yo Ta'ir
Rada and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Nazareth District Court. Many
believe that his was falsely prosecuted, falsely convicted, and falsely sentenced,
among them the victim's parents!
In November 2012, the conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court with new
forensic expert opinions.
In March 2013, following appeal to the Supreme Court, the case was returned to the
Nazareth District Court for review of additional evidence.
In February 2014, the Nazareth District Court again convicted Zadorov in the Tair
murder, after reviewing the new evidence. In his Judgement, Presiding Judge Cohen
attacked forensic expert Maya Forman, who provided an opinion for the Defendant in
this case.
In May 2014, following the repeat conviction, the case was going to be appealed
again...
In September 2014, the State Prosecution removed its objection to the hearing of
again new evidence, now in the Supreme Court... since the labor court litigation of
forensic expert May Forman led to the discovery of manipulations in the testimony of
senior forensic expert Chen Kugel.
State forensic physician Maya Forman claimed that she suffered retaliation in the
workplace and her promotion to Chief of the Forensic Institute and employment were
blocked by the State Prosecution, based on Judge Cohen's Judgement in the Zadorov
case. The Minister of Health and Israeli Medical Association staunchly supported her
position. Moreover, In her Labor Court litigation, the other forensic expert, Chen
Kugel testified that his affidavit in the Zadorov case was altered under pressure by the
State Prosecution. Furthermore, Dr Forman claimed that the State Prosecution
routinely pressured the Institute's forensic experts to provide opinions suiting their
prosecution needs.
In November 2014, with the case still pending before the courts, Presiding Judge of
the Nazareth District Court Yitzhaq Cohen, who doubled as Presiding Judge in a
forum of three judges in Zadorov's case, resigned following criminal investigation
against him on sex crimes, including alleged sex crimes in chambers...
The case exposed unprecedented corruption of the Israeli criminal justice system:
Regarding conduct of the prosecution, Prof Kremnitzer said it was scary. Questions

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were also raised regarding the Israel Police investigation methods, including
extraction of confessions and handling of evidence in the crime scene. The State
Forensic Institute was exposed as catering to the prosecution under pressure. Serious
doubts were also raised regarding conduct of the Public Defenders, who failed all
along to obtain the full evidence from the Prosecution. Finally, the case raised again
the question of extremely high conviction rate in criminal prosecutions in Israel, and
doubts regarding the level of false convictions.
A Facebook group, in support of Zadorov, one of several, lists over 30,000 members.
An Israeli pop star recorded a song in his support.. The press and public opinion had a
major effect in conduct of the case, and the Nazareth judges complained about it...
At the end, the best documentation of the corruption was in the case of Dr Maya
Forman v Head of the State Medical Institute in the Tel-Aviv Labor Court.
But lo and behold:
Attempt to review the records in that case reveals that the case is not sealed.

Opening page of Dr Maya Forman v Head of the State Medical Institute in the Tel-Aviv Labor
Court in Net Hamishpat - IT system of the Israeli courts. The case is listed as "Open to the
Public".

However, any attempt to view additional records results in a "General Error" message.

"General Error" message in Dr Maya Forman v Head of the State Medical Institute in the TelAviv Labor Court in Net Hamishpat - IT system of the Israeli courts.

Not surprising, the first consideration of the courts is to prevent the public from
realizing the scope of the corruption...
Denial of public access to court records without lawful sealing is a hallmark of
corrupt courts!

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LINKS:
[1] 0000-00-00 Roman Zadorov murder convict Index of Records

https://www.scribd.com/doc/251654575/

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