Judge Rules Maharishi Student To Stay In County Jail

Student Accused Of Fatal Stabbing Stays Put

FAIRFIELD, Iowa — A judge ruled that a Maharishi University of Management student charged with stabbing a fellow student to death must stay in a county jail instead of being transferred to the Oakdale prison, where his mental health could be more closely monitored.

Shuvender Sem, 24, will remain in the Jefferson County Jail on $1 million bond.

District Judge Richard Meadows ruled Monday that the defendant was being adquately treated in county jail and there was no need to move him.

Prosecutors have charged Sem with first-degree murder in the death of Levi Butler, 19, of La Quinta, Calif. Butler was stabbed in the chest in front of dozens of other students in the dining hall at the school, where both were students.

Authorities have also charged Sem with stabbing another student in the cheek with a ballpoint pen during a class earlier in the day. Sem is scheduled to go to trial June 22.

Read Another Article

Christian Coalition head moves to Catholicism
Church to investigate ‘miracle statue’

Related News Articles Topic(s): Transcendental Meditation Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Transcendental Meditation Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog