1·Rajaratnam's lawyers had meanwhile asked U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell for a more lenient sentence citing health concerns and say such a long prison term would amount to a death sentence.
但拉贾拉特南的律师以健康问题为由，请求美国地区法官理查德·霍尔韦尔(Richard Holwell)予以轻判，称如此长的刑期无异于死刑。
2·But decides the prison term, along with appeals continually, more sentences lightly, the symbol society did not anticipate.
而判决的刑期，随著持续上诉，越判越轻，不符社会期待。