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Must-read: Scott Rothstein’s letter to the judge asking for leniency

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Dear Judge Cohn, I do not really possess the words to adequately explain the magnitude of what I have done, why I did it, and the overwhelming remorse and self-loathing I feel about myself and the intense harm and pain I have inflicted upon innocent people who trusted me and loved me only to be deceived by me; my actions can only be described in the most despicable of terms: I committed multiple acts of financial crimes against people that…

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Must-read: Scott Rothstein’s letter to the judge asking for leniency

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Dear Judge Cohn, I do not really possess the words to adequately explain the magnitude of what I have done, why I did it, and the overwhelming remorse and self-loathing I feel about myself and the intense harm and pain I have inflicted upon innocent people who trusted me and loved me only to be deceived by me; my actions can only be described in the most despicable of terms: I committed multiple acts of financial crimes against people that…

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A letter from the parents of Scott Rothstein

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Here’s the text of the letter from Gay and Harvey Rothstein. Dear Judge Cohn, I have seldom found it so difficult to begin a letter; but then, I’ve never had reason to write a Federal Judge before; I’ve never had a beloved son in prison before. You must ask yourself, ‘Who is Scott”? We must try to answer: our first born … our son … the boy we will always love … the fourth generation who would fulfill the dreams…

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