Elizabeth Holmes is asking a judge to reverse her 'unjust' conviction or reduce her 11-year sentence one week before she's set to report to prison
Holmes, 39, isafter a judge last week denied her request to remain free while she appeals her conviction. At the time her punishment was handed down, Holmes told the court, through tears, that she was"devastated by my failings" and"felt deep pain for what people went through because I failed them."
But in the brief filed Monday with the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Holmes's attorneys say her original trial was flawed, producing an"unjust" conviction and a"severe" prison sentence. They say that she was unjustly barred from citing Balwani's testimony in her own defense. "Balwani's testimony is compelling evidence corroborating Holmes's defense that she did not intend to defraud investors with the financial projections or conspire with Balwani to do so," the attorneys wrote. Balwani was
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