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What Will Sam’s Sentence Be? from "The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy"

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys dive into a mountain of court filings to understand the arguments that will be made at Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing. His defense team is arguing for a 6-year sentence, but the government thinks Bankman-Fried should serve 40 to 50 years. Which side will win out? Further Listening: - The Trail of Crypto’s Golden Boy Further Reading: - Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Lengthy Sentence-And Long Odds On Appeal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Caitlin are you excited for another early start tomorrow morning.

0:12.8

You know the 3 a.m wake-ups are the things that really motivate me for life.

0:16.9

The 3 a.m. wake-ups and the long standing around outside the Southern District of New York

0:22.4

courthouse. I just hope it's not

0:23.9

raining. We are not that lucky. I think we've established that through the course of

0:27.8

this podcast. But we aren't going to be lining up outside the courthouse for an interesting day because we're going to find out how long Sam Bankman-Freed's sentences.

0:39.0

His lawyers say he should serve around six years, but the government thinks he should serve around

0:43.9

40 to 50 which is a big difference yeah it's a huge difference and the big

0:49.0

question will be you know how does that play out in court and we've gotten a peak at some of the arguments

0:54.0

that will be hearing in a bunch of filings that have been consuming my time for the

0:59.0

last couple of weeks and so the details in there are insane.

1:03.7

A lot of them have surprised even me despite all of the other craziness.

1:07.2

And so it's going to be really interesting.

1:09.3

Yeah, this is going to be a fascinating closing chapter to the Bankman Freed story.

1:14.1

From the Journal, this is a child of crypto's golden boy.

1:22.1

I'm Caitlin Astraff.

1:23.3

And I'm Rachel Humphreys.

1:28.8

Coming up, the jeweling arguments over Sam Bankman-Freed's sentence. This episode is brought to you by Empower. If you're like most people you've had your fair share of financial questions.

1:52.0

Questions like, will you be able to afford a third? you've had your fair share of financial questions.

1:53.0

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1:56.0

Will you be able to do everything you want when you retire?

1:59.0

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