Rajaratnam's lawyers had meanwhile asked U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell for a more lenient sentence citing health concerns and say such a long prison term would amount to a death sentence.

但拉贾拉特南的律师以健康问题为由，请求美国地区法官理查德·霍尔韦尔(Richard Holwell)予以轻判，称如此长的刑期无异于死刑。

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