Rounding up a few sentencing speculations a few days before Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing

Though we are still a few days from the high-profile sentencing of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, I have already seen some lengthy press pieces discussing the sentencing filings and speculating about how US District Judge Lewis Kaplan with weigh competiting arguments.  Here is a round up:

From Business Insider, “FTX’s victims may get all their money back. The judge sentencing Sam Bankman-Fried might not care.“

From CoinDesk, “U.S. Government’s Legal Precedents Don’t Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried’s Defense Argues“

From Inc., “Is Sam Bankman-Fried a ‘Super-Villain’ or Just a Bad Trader?“

From Unchained, “SBF’s Prison Sentencing Is Coming Up. How Many Years Will He Get?“

I remain inclined to put the over/under for an imprisonment term here at 25 years, in part because I ccan readily imagine the sentence being somewhat shorter or somewhat longer. 

Prior related posts:

• You be the judge: what federal sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried after guilty verdict on seven criminal fraud counts? 
• Some early chatter and speculation about Sam Bankman-Fried’s coming federal sentencing 
• Should a bounce in crypto markets mean a much lower federal sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried? 
• Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried in lengthy memo request “a sentence that returns Sam promptly to a productive role in society”
• Some notable developments and commentary on Sam Bankman-Fried’s coming sentencing
• Feds argue in sentencing memo that “legitimate purposes of punishment require a sentence of 40 to 50 years’ imprisonment” for Sam Bankman-Fried