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Last update - 17:17 07/02/2008 AG rejects leniency claims in jail sentence of ex-MK Omri Sharon By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Likud, Menachem Mazuz  Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Thursday denied rumors that leniencies would be given in the sentencing of former MK Omri Sharon, who was convicted two weeks ago on corruption charges and sentenced to seven months in jail. Sharon was convicted in a plea bargain of violating campaign finance laws, falsifying corporate documents and perjury in connection with the 1999 primary campaign in which his father, former prime minister Ariel Sharon, was elected head of the Likud Party. The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court sentenced him in February 2006 to nine months in prison, but following an appeal, the Tel Aviv District Court later cut the sentence to seven months in jail plus a NIS 300,000 fine. Advertisement The Justice Ministry announced, on Mazuz's behalf, that it had not agreed to any changes in the stipulations of Sharon's sentence, adding: "The matter has been handed over to the Prison Services, which must act according to the existing regulations." The announcement followed rumors that the Justice Ministry had given Prison Services the go-ahead to lighten Sharon's term and grant him furlough twice a week to sit beside his father in hospital. Sharon is supposed to begin his jail term at the end of this month, following a Supreme Court rejection of his appeal. Related articles: President asked to pardon Omri Sharon Sharon's son heads to jail as court nixes corruption appeal Omri Sharon gets nine months in prison and NIS 300,000 fine Bookmark to del.icio.us   Le Pen sentenced French rightist punished said Nazi occupation of France wasn't 'particularly inhumane'. World premiere Eran Riklis' new film 'Lemon Tree' offers a fresh look at the Middle Eastern conflict.   1.   CORRRUPTION+CORRRUPTION=OLMERTS GOVERNMENT 13:36  |  SAM(NEW YORK) 07/02/08   2.   Likud and Corruption 13:48  |  SJ 07/02/08   3.   special tratment for special criminal 15:31  |  ahiam 07/02/08   4.   Lock the bum up! 18:26  |  SLAVO 07/02/08   5.   #2: Duh, Sharon is Kadima 19:25  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 07/02/08   6.   Omri Sharon is not a criminal 11:15  |  CS 08/02/08   7.   He will never go to jail 11:46  |  Shimon 08/02/08   8.   omri sharon 17:58  |  brian 08/02/08   9.   Friends 08:57  |  Nat Rozen 09/02/08

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