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Ex-Adelphia CEO seeks prison release due to cancer
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:04am EST
Ex-Adelphia CEO seeks prison release due to cancer
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
Former Adelphia Communications Corp CEO John Rigas, who is serving a 12-year sentence for his role in a fraud that led to the cable company's collapse, is seeking release from prison due to his "precipitously deteriorating health."
Lawyers for Rigas, who was convicted in 2004 for participating in a massive securities fraud, filed papers in federal court in Manhattan on Friday seeking his release on bail due to a "terminal" resurgence of cancer.
Rigas' lawyers have been seeking to overturn his conviction due to alleged prosecutorial misconduct, and say forcing him to remain in custody any further would mean any ruling in his favor would render it a "pyrrhic (and posthumous) victory."
The prison in Pennsylvania where Rigas is incarcerated is preparing to grant him a compassionate release, the lawyers wrote. But that process could take six months, more time than he may have, they said.
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Ex-Adelphia CEO seeks prison release due to cancer
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
Former Adelphia Communications Corp CEO John Rigas, who is serving a 12-year sentence for his role in a fraud that led to the cable company's collapse, is seeking release from prison due to his "precipitously deteriorating health."
Lawyers for Rigas, who was convicted in 2004 for participating in a massive securities fraud, filed papers in federal court in Manhattan on Friday seeking his release on bail due to a "terminal" resurgence of cancer.
Rigas' lawyers have been seeking to overturn his conviction due to alleged prosecutorial misconduct, and say forcing him to remain in custody any further would mean any ruling in his favor would render it a "pyrrhic (and posthumous) victory."
The prison in Pennsylvania where Rigas is incarcerated is preparing to grant him a compassionate release, the lawyers wrote. But that process could take six months, more time than he may have, they said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-adelphia-ceo-idUSKBN0TY1XV20151215
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