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Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes

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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Technology Writer

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company. In a filing late Thursday, Holmes’ lawyers contended sending Holmes to prison is unnecessary, but if she is, her penalty should be limited to 18 months. That is just a fraction of the maximum 20-year prison sentence she is facing after being convicted on four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year. The 38-year-old Holmes is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 18.

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