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Based on the conflicting pre-sentencing reports submitted to the judge who will sentence Sam Bankman-Fried Thursday on seven fraud counts, you might think this is a complicated case.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Addressing Tidmarsh, High Court judge Mr Justice Wall said: "I will sentence you tomorrow, until that time, you are remanded into custody. Take her down."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023

A judge will sentence him on Nov. 20.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Gamble will sentence her on a later date.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Your father—Judge Sands—he will sentence me to prison," she sobbed, "and I did it for Mollie.

From How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl by Benson, Irene Elliott