Samuel Sheinbein

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Samuel Sheinbein is an American murderer.

In the summer of 1997, Sheinbein and his former classmate at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Aaron Benjamin Needle, killed Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr. and then dismembered and attempted to cremate his body in Aspen Hill, Maryland. When police began to suspect Sheinbein, he fled to New York, and then to Israel with the help of his father, Sol Sheinbein, who held dual citizenship in the United States and Israel. Once in Israel, Samuel Sheinbein was arrested. Both the American and Israeli governments attempted to have him extradited, but the Israeli Supreme Court forbade it and he was tried in Israel. He was sentenced to 24 years in jail, and is eligible for parole in 2013 when he is 33.

The incident sparked major diplomatic, legal, and political issues. United States Representative Bob Livingston threatened to cut American foreign aid to Israel by $50 million if Israel did not extradite Sheinbein. Representative Sonny Callahan threatened to cut the entire $1.2 billion in aid. Indeed, a hold was placed on the interim payment of just over $75 million in October 1997.

Needle later hanged himself in his jail cell. Sol Sheinbein is wanted in the U.S. on a misdemeanor charge of hindering or obstructing a police investigation. Samuel Sheinbein has an outstanding Interpol warrant for his arrest, which would lead to his return to and trial in the United States if he ever left Israel.

Sheinbein was an incoming senior at Kennedy High School and Needle was enrolled at Montgomery College.

The case and the Israeli Supreme Court's refusal to extradite Sheinbein have fed into a number of anti-semetic and anti-zionist conspiracy theories.

The case led to changes to the law in Israel and in Israel's relationship with the United States and others.

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  • Mark Jones. Criminals of the Bible: Twenty-Five Case Studies of Biblical Crimes and Outlaws. (2006) ISBN 1932902643
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  • Douglas B. Klusmeyer and Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff. From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World. (2000) ISBN 0870031597

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