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P( q! z& D8 f1 J* e Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried claim in an appeal filed Friday that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty of stealing billions of dollars from his customers and investors before he was even arrested.The lawyers filed papers with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking a three-judge panel to reverse Bankman-Fried s conviction and assign the case to a new judge for a retrial, saying the trial judge imposed a draconian quarter-century sentence on this first-time, non-violent offender after they contend he hurried the jury into reaching a one-day verdict to cap off a complex four-week trial. Sam Bankman-Fried was never presumed innocent. He was presumed guilty mdash; before he was even charged. He was presumed guilty by the media. He was presumed guilty by the FTX debtor estate and its lawyers. He was stanley cup presumed guilty by federal prosecutors eager for quick headlines. And he was presumed guilty by the judge who presided over his trial, the lawyers wrote. They said the passing of time has cast Bankman-Fried in a better light. From day one, th stanley cup e prevailing narrative mdash; initially spun by the lawyers who too stanley cup k over FTX, quickly adopted by their contacts at the U.S. Attorney s Office mdash; was that Bankman-Fried had stolen billions of dollars of customer funds, driven FTX to insolvency, and caused billions in losses, the attorney said. Now, nearly two ye Mtsd Okla. town discards decades-old dancing ban5 k3 ]/ O6 j9 o3 M" c; O2 F
MIN adidas campus NEAPOLIS -- The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they re more frightened now after an explosive device shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers. We feel like it s much deeper and scarier than like something random, Mohamed Omar, the center s executive director, said Sunday. It s so scary. No one was hurt in the blast, which happened around 5 a.m. Saturday. Windows of the imam s adidas campus office were shattered, either by what the FBI called an improvised explosive device or by an object thrown through them. The FBI is seeking suspects and trying to determine whether the incident was a hate crime. Gov. Mark Dayton joined other public officials and community lea adidas samba ders for a meeting inside the building Sunday, describing the bombing as so wretched and not Minnesota. Investigators at scene of explosion at Islamic center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 CBS Minnesota This is an act of terrorism. This is against the law in America, Dayton said at a news conference afterward. Demonstrators held signs outside in support of the mosque. I m here to support the Muslim community. They re neighbors of ours, one woman told CBS Minnesota. It hurts me to know this is ho |
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