Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers decry proposed 100 year sentence as ‘barbaric,’ seeks 78 months
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-defunct FTX exchange, is pushing for a lighter prison term, aiming for 78 months or less, according to a Feb. 27 court filing. Bankman-Fried’s legal team, led by Marc Mukasey, criticized the Pre-sentence Investigation Report (PSR) recommendation of a 100-year sentence as “barbaric.” The lawyers highlighted SBF’s status as...