Rabbi Fred Neulander, convicted of ordering the killing of his wife in 1994 and now serving a life term in prison.
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Key witness in Neulander murder case recants
"This was not intended to be a murder or a killing, just a home robbery or burglary," Jenoff said in the letter. He said Daniels had struck Carol Neulander with a lead pipe.
Jenoff first confessed to Inquirer reporter Nancy Phillips in April 2000. She then arranged for him to meet with Camden County authorities.
The rabbi had been charged with murder a year earlier, based on evidence supplied by Soncini and Levin. Jenoff's testimony strengthened that case and offered a firsthand account of the killing.
Jenoff said county officials had told him that "I would get life in prison or lethal injection unless I totally implicated Fred Neulander in the contract murder of his wife." He said he had been told if he linked the rabbi to the killing, he would be out of jail in five years.
At Friday's hearing before Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr., Uyehara said: "No five-year offer was ever tendered to Leonard Jenoff in exchange for his testimony."
Uyehara said Jenoff had known he faced up to 30 years when he pleaded to aggravated manslaughter.
In imposing a 23-year sentence with a stipulation that he could not be paroled for at least 10 years, Judge Linda Baxter said: "Jenoff was and is a calculating murderer who killed Carol Neulander in the most brutal manner. He plotted the murder with defendant, Neulander. He, like Neulander, deserves a lengthy and severe sentence."
Jenoff, according to prison records, will be eligible for parole on May 1, 2010.
Contact staff writer George Anastasia at 856-779-3846 or ganastasia@phillynews.com.
