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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, June 6, 1969
The Jewish Juror
Now that the Sirhan trial la over, the principals in the case
are able to express their thoughts freely. White House cor
respondent Trade B. Feldman attended the court sessions of
the trial from the outset, and has interviewed the personal
ities involved. The following is another of a series of exclus
ive, in-depth interviews conducted by Miss Feldman at the
Bel Air Sands Hotels in West Los Angeles. . . . Editor
By Trude B. Feldman
White House Correspondent
Benjamin Glick, who was the
only juror of the Jewish faith
to serve in the panel during the
Sirhan B. Sirhan trial, said his
sole concern was to participate in
the application of justice, and
to share responsibility in the dis
position of the case strictly from
the legal standpoint as to what
penalty Sirhan’s crime called
for.
In an exclusive interview at
the Bel Air Sands Hotel in West
Los Angeles, Glick said, “Being a
Jew didn’t enter into my judg
ment—except the thought of the
Commandment ‘Thou Shalt Not
Murder’.”
Asked what his feelings were
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as he sat in the jury box know
ing how much Sirhan hated Jews,
Glick observed:
“I gave Sirhan the benefit of
every doubt* regardless of how he
felt about Jews. As a matter of
fact, Sirhan hates many Chris
tians as well. He himself said,
‘any friend of my enemy is my
enemy’.”
Queried if he thought the same
verdict would have been agreed
upon if Sirhan or afcy other Arab
would have killed a Jew with
the same motivation with which
he 'shot Kennedy, Glick answered
that he believes that he v/ould
have received the same verdict
whether he killed Kennedy or
anyone else.
Glick, a native of Corona, Long
Island, will be 61 on June 5. He
is one of nine children whose
father was from Hungary and
whose mother, from Rumania. The
Glicks have resided in Los Ange
les for the last six years. His
wife’s (Lillian) father was the
late Israel Berg, a Reverend in
a Synagogue on New York's
lower East Side. They are former
members of Kew Gardens Hills
Jewish Center where Rabbi I.
Usher Kirsohblum is the spiri
tual leader.
Glick, a retired lace salesman,
said this was the first time he
has been on jury duty and that
he himself was really ^surprised
that he was accepted in this par
ticular case.
The defense team said they had
selected him with the hope that
he would be compassionate. The
prosecution indicated that they
liked him, and were impressed
with him, and thought he’d be a
fair juror.
Glick obviously lived up to
both these estimates.
“I know I tried to be fair and
proper and consider all the facts
and all the evidence before
coming to a decision,” he said
during our interview.
In Glick’s opinion, the psych
ologists and psychiatrists who
were witnesses, did more harm
to Sirhan than did anyone else
because they could not agree
among themselves.
The Middle East conflict, Glick
related, was not discussed during
the deliberations among the
jurors except for Sirhan’s back
ground and as far as his upbring
ing in Jerusalem was concern
ed.
Glick told me that he believes
in capital punishment; and since
the State of California does have
the death penalty, he feels that
it should be imposed in this case,
in view of the wanton taking of
an innocent life.
“After all.” he emphasized,
“what is more precious than life?
I don’t believe in the literal in
terpretation of an eye for an eye
or a tooth for a tooth. Neither do
I believe in turning the ether
cheek. But, I do believe that
punishment should fit the crime,
and this is the punishment that
fits this crime.”
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Glick revealed that he voted
for life-imprisonment on the first
ballot, adding that “if all the other
jurors would have voted for life
in the last ballot, I would have
done likewise together with
them.”
Evidently, the voting took its
natural course—with the climac
tic act of insensate hate being
put down for what it was.
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