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Former Alstom executive awaiting prison should be allowed to simply go home, lawyers say

By Richard Vanderford ( September 8, 2020, 21:59 GMT | Insight) -- Former Alstom executive Lawrence Hoskins should be released without serving his bribe-related sentence, his lawyers said, arguing that prisons are seeing a rampant spread of Covid-19. "This unprecedented crisis and the risk of serious illness or death that the virus poses to Mr. Hoskins constitute an extraordinary and unforeseen circumstance," they said.Former Alstom executive Lawrence Hoskins should be released without serving his bribe-related sentence, his lawyers said, arguing that prisons are seeing a rampant spread of Covid-19....

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