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Elizabeth Holmes has requested house arrest

As she awaits sentencing next week, convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly made an appeal for "leniency"

 in the form of an 18-month home sentence. More than 130 letters from Holmes' friends, family, Theranos investors, and former employees,

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who lawyers claimed showed "the real Elizabeth Holmes," were included in an 82-page filing seen by The Associated Press and Bloomberg, 

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 which reportedly reveals that she requested a lenient sentence under house arrest.

After being stigmatized by extensive media coverage that made her into a "caricature to be mocked and vilified,

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Holmes' attorneys told US District Judge Edward Davila that sending her to prison was unnecessary,

according to The AP. Holmes was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud in January. "

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Given how the public views this case, especially when Ms. Holmes is portrayed as the caricature 

When Holmes' sentencing trial starts on November 18, the prosecution is anticipated to seek a much harsher sentence for her

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who faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the four counts for which she was found guilty.

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After her conviction, Holmes asked for a retrial three times but was denied each time.

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Holmes gained notoriety after leaving Stanford at the age of 19 to found the blood monitoring health tech company, which had once been valued at $9 billion.

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