Global InformationRita Gluzman information
Rita Gluzman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Conviction(s) | Interstate domestic violence resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 2261) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | Yakov Gluzman, 48 |
| Date | April 6, 1996 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | New York |
Rita Gluzman is a Ukrainian-born activist and convicted murderer. Gluzman first came to prominence in the 1970s when she successfully pressured the Soviet Union to allow her husband, scientist Yakov Gluzman, to immigrate to the West with the rest of their family. In 1996, she conspired with her cousin, Vladimir Zelinin, to murder Yakov after he filed for divorce. Gluzman became the first woman to be convicted under the United States Violence Against Women Act, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. She was granted a compassionate release in 2020.