An Israeli group filed a petition with the High Court of Justice challenging the Knesset’s passage of a bill allowing white collar criminals to be released for good behavior after serving half their jail sentences. The Movement for Quality Government in Israel said the measure would undermine the nation’s criminal justice system.
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