Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced
Nechemya Weberman, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from Brooklyn, could be set free from prison after being sentenced to 103 years for child molestation following a court hearing set to take place next month, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
According to the NYT, the court hearing next month will decide if his sentence will be shortened.
Weberman was sentenced in 2012 in a case that brought to light sexual abuse in the local ultra-Orthodox community, and, according to the report, he was handed the longest sentence for sexually abusing a child in the hasidic community.
Five years later, in 2017, Eric Gonzalez was elected as Brooklyn's district attorney. Gonzalez believed the sentence that Weberman received was too long and supported a shorter one.
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