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HAIFA, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Prosecutors must decide within a month whether to drop charges against an American-Israeli teenager gang-raped in jail, a judge in Israel said.
The 17-year-old, identified only as S., was raped during four days in Kishon detention center after his arrest last November on charges of possessing a small amount of hashish and intention to break and enter.
The teenager was sent to detention, rather than being returned to the custody of his family, after state prosecutors mistakenly told a judge the youth had been convicted of other crimes, his lawyer, Amir Melzer, said.
Melzer asked Judge Haim Karawani to allow all charges against the teenager dropped because of the abuse he endured during temporary custody. Karawani, in response, told prosecutors they have 30 days to decide whether to drop the case, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.
David Azulai, the head of the Knesset's Interior Affairs and Environment Committee, last month called on prosecutors to drop all charges.
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