[Avodah] crime and punishment

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

unfortunately , our communities suffer  allegations of crime,  with 
defendants/convicts  ranging from balebatim  to gdolim; with crimes 
running the gamut  from all types of monetary  torts--bein  adam 
lechaveiro or beinadam lmakom[ makom being the city, state ,govt];  and of 
course increasingly frequent 
allegations/convictions  for  varieties of lewd conduct, especially with 
minors.

it is not clear at  what  point it is permitted to believe or  act on 
these allegations/convictions.  i am  not sure even after conviction what 
halachic remedies there are or need to be --
  1]  monetary crimes 
 
2]  abuse type issues

3] does it make a difference if halacha says the crime is muttar, but the 
government says no, and criminalizes it?

 4] status in halacha if a klei kodesh is the convicted.  can one retain 
rav/rabbi/rebbie/rebbe  status when leaving jail---or is this purely up to 
the community  they serve? 

5] if this type  of data is important , what vehicle should disseminate 
it? 

6] where does the public right to know  interface with the halachic right 
to be free of lashon hara?




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20090616/bd2e55bc/attachment-0001.htm>