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Tuesday, June 08, 2010  Jurors have found former kosher slaughterhouse manager Sholom Rubashkin not guilty of all 67 child labor violations he faced.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  A Des Moines attorney who once represented Agriprocessors has testified that state labor inspectors didn't give a kosher meatpacker a list of suspected minors at its Postville plant before a 2008 immigration raid.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010  An Israeli diplomat says Israel would be glad to hand over two former Agriprocessors meatpacking supervisors to face felony charges, but only if they can be found.

Friday, February 12, 2010  A federal judge in Cedar Rapids has sentenced the former chief financial officer of Agriprocessors Inc. to 41 months in prison for bank fraud conspiracy.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  A former manager at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa has admitted to helping illegal immigrants get fake documents one week before an immigration raid.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009  A former supervisor at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse wants a judge to correct his prison sentence for his part in hiring illegal immigrants before a raid at the Agriprocessors plant in 2008.

Friday, December 04, 2009  A federal judge has again denied a request to release a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager on bail.

Thursday, November 19, 2009  A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed dozens of immigration violations against a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009  A bank vice president has testified in the federal trial of former kosher slaughterhouse manager Sholom Rubashkin that he didn't personally keep tabs on a loan to the company.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009  Opening arguments are set to begin in the financial fraud trial of a former manager of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009  The former chief financial officer at Agriprocessors Inc. has pleaded guilty to a charge that he conspired to make false statements to a bank.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009  Prosecutors in the child-labor case against a kosher slaughterhouse say they mistakenly filed charges for a worker who had turned 18 years old.

Monday, July 27, 2009  Iowa's labor agency has agreed to dramatically reduce proposed fines against the former owners of a kosher slaughterhouse with the hope that it can recoup a fraction of the penalties.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009  Jim Clarity, attorney for the Agriprocessors, Inc., filed a motion claiming that the May 2008 raid violated the rights of the 389 workers arrested.