Gupta, with over 200 letters asking for mercy at sentencing and a well documented historyof service to humanity, will present a convincing case for Rakoff to consider.
They highlight the curriculum's omission of the contributions of troops from the British Empire on the Western Front and other campaigns of World Wars I and II, as well as a wider lack of acknowledgement of "the importance of Islamic civilisation to humanity's progress and history", for example to the Renaissance in Europe.