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1 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender 2 District of Arizona 850 W. Adams, Ste. 201 3 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 4 Telephone: (602) 382-2727 5 MILAGROS A. CISNEROS State Bar No. 020410 6 [email protected] Asst. Federal Public Defender 7 Attorney for Defendant 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 -vsBella Ben-Henry, Defendant. Rule 32(i)(4) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permits a defendant the opportunity to speak or present any information to mitigate his sentence. Counsel for Bella Ben-Henry, gave her a list of question relating to reasons why he should be given leniency. The attached Allocution Statement is provided for the Court's consideration in determining what type and length of sentence is United States of America, Plaintiff, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA No. CR 04-1018-PHX-JAT NOTICE OF ALLOCUTION STATEMENT

21 sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the statutory directives set 22 forth in Title 18, United States Code, section 3553(a). 23 25 26 27 28 the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant [18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1)].
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Ms. Ben-Henry's Allocution Statement addresses the following Section What are you best accomplishments? 1 What are your best attributes? 1

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What have you done that you are most proud of? 1 What are your short-term goals? 1 What are your long-term goals? 1 How does giving you leniency reflect the seriousness of your offense?2 How would leniency promote your respect for the law? 2 How will giving you leniency promote other people's respect for the law? 2 Will giving you leniency cause other people not to break the law as you did? 3 Why will giving you leniency protect the public from further crimes by you? 4 Do you need medical care? How would leniency provide you with medical care? 1 Why should the Judge give YOU a break? Respectfully submitted: October 25, 2006. JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender

s/Milagros A. Cisneros MILAGROS A. CISNEROS Asst. Federal Public Defender

the need for the sentence imposed to reflect the seriousness of the offense, 24 to promote respect for the law, and to provide just punishment for the offense [18 25 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A)] 26 27
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to afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct [18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(B)]

to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant [18 U.S.C. § 28 3553(a)(2)(C)] 2

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1 I hereby certify that on October 25, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the ECF System for filing and transmittal to the 2 following ECF registrants: 3 DAN DRAKE 4 Assistant U.S. Attorney Two Renaissance Square 5 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 6 7 Copy mailed to: 8 CARLOS VALENTIN U.S. Probation Office 9 450 W. Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 10 11 BELLA BEN-HENRY Defendant 12 13 s/Milagros A. Cisneros 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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