Talks about Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of the defunct crypto exchange FTX, have picked up steam ahead of his sentencing on March 28. The primary discussion has been the number of years the defendant could get, with his lawyers recently arguing that the prosecution’s proposed sentence of 50 years is unfair.
Sam Bankman-Fried Getting 50 Years Is “Not Justice”
In a letter addressed to Judge Lewis Kaplan, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers criticized the government’s memorandum, in which they proposed that SBF be sentenced to 40 to 50 years. They further mentioned that the prosecution is adopting a “medieval view of punishment to reach what amounts to a death-in-prison sentencing recommendation.”
Meanwhile, his lawyers used the letter to rebut the prosecution’s arguments that Bankman-Fried deserved 50 years in prison. Firstly, they stated that FTX customers didn’t suffer any loss since it had already been decided that they would receive the money the bank
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