"We are now trying to help her to avoid the death penalty," Lan's lawyer Giang Hong Thanh said. "There is a group of overseas investors who have agreed to lend Lan $400 million and they are working on the documents required to send the money in."
The real estate mogul's trials have grabbed global attention due to the severity of the sentence. The Communist government is showcasing that her cases are the kind of high-level corruption it wants to go after.
Lan earlier this month appeared shocked and her voice trembled in court when prosecutors proposed that the death sentence remain. She said she was psychologically disturbed by the decision.
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