78 Months for Bath Voyeur Rabbi

A Georgetown rabbi has been sentenced to 78 months in prison in a bizarre case that involved him videotaping more than 150 women during a ritual bath. Barry Freundel, an Orthodox rabbi, took a plea deal for 52 counts of voyeurism—each punishable by up to a year in prison—because a statute of limitations meant many of the older instances didn't qualify. More than a dozen women taped while using the mikveh testified before his sentencing as prosecutors argued for a 17-year sentence. Defense attorneys asked for community service.