Madoff's lawyer, Ira Lee Sorkin, had called for leniency and was hoping to keep the sentence as low as 12 years, asking the judge to "set aside the emotion and hysteria attendant to this case."

麦道夫的律师艾拉·李·苏尔钦呼吁宽大处理并希望刑期能够降低至12年，他请求法官“在本案中将情绪与歇斯底里剥离出去。”

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Outside the court,McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, called the ruling a disgrace and made a plea to U.S.President Barack Obama for leniency.

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In a dissent from what he called a "milquetoast report, " attorney Richard Emery wrote that he sees no difference between judges getting police leniency for having the plate or for identifying themselves to an officer.

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