Editing Yigal Amir (section)

==Trial==
Amir and his two accomplices, [[Dror Adani]] and his brother [[Hagai Amir|Hagai]], were put on trial for the assassination. Due to Amir's insistence that he was following the will of God, he was given a psychiatric evaluation, which determined that he was simply a fanatic, and not a maniac. Amir pleaded that the killing was in accordance with Jewish law, but was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, plus six years for wounding Rubin. He was also later sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy. 

Despite life sentences in Israel generally being reduced to 20-30 years, president [[Moshe Katsav]] refused to reduce the sentence, saying that there is "no forgiveness, no absolution and no pardon" for Yigal Amir. Prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and former prime minister [[Ehud Olmert]] have also both stated that Yigal Amir will never be released, and the Israeli government passed a law banning the release of those who kill prime ministers in December 2001.
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