Quick. Grab a hankie. As Federal prosecutors seek a maximum prison sentence Raj Rajaratnam for insider trading, his lawyers have requested the judge make the sentence "well below" the recommended 19 1/2 years, the New York Post reported citing a court filing.
It appears his legal team is playing a strange health card here.
Galleon founder Rajaratnam's legal team says the hedge funder will die in prison if he is required to serve a long prison sentence.
In the filing, Rajaratnam's lawyers said he suffers from a "unique constellation of ailments ravaging his body" and "a lengthy period of imprisonment will constitute a death sentence," the Post reported.
These ailments "ravaging his body" will kill him if he's sentenced to 20 years
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/raj-rajaratnams-legal-team-says-prison-sentence-will-kill-him-2011-8#ixzz1Udlltn8v
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