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Lawyers representing the former crypto kingpin aired letters that urged leniency, with statements from his friends telling the story of a neurodivergent, vegan man who cares for animals.

His lawyers are pushing for a six-year jail term, saying a 100-year sentence would be 'grotesque' and 'barbaric'.

In mid-March, federal prosecutors called for a prison sentence of several decades.

'The sheer scale of Bankman-Fried's

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