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- BUSINESS, Page 56Business NotesCRIMEMilken on Trial, Sort Of
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- When junk-bond king Michael Milken copped a plea last April,
- he disappointed everyone who had been hoping to see the
- white-collar trial of the decade. Now Milken is having his day
- in court, but it will be a quick one. In an unusual proceeding
- that began last week, federal Judge Kimba Wood will hear
- evidence about some of the 92 charges Milken did not admit when
- he pleaded guilty to six felony counts of securities fraud and
- other crimes. Prosecutors hope to offset the efforts of
- Milken's lawyers to cite his philanthropic activities as grounds
- for a lenient sentence. Milken, 44, could be given anything
- from community service to 28 years in prison.
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- The hearing has drawn flak from legal scholars and civil
- libertarians, who charge that the evidence and testimony will
- not be subjected to the same scrutiny as they would in a trial.
- The special hearings are expected to end this week, with Wood
- sentencing Milken soon afterward.
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