Attorneys for Samuel Sheinbein appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court to block a ruling that would allow the extradition of the teen-age murder suspect to stand trial in Maryland. Sheinbein, who is charged with the September 1997 murder and dismembering of Alfredo Tello Jr., fled to Israel in an effort to avoid a trial in the United States. An Israeli court ruled last month that Sheinbein, who had never before claimed Israeli citizenship or lived in Israel, does not have close enough ties to the Jewish state to seek shelter under Israel’s law preventing the extradition of its citizens.
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