With the US likely to seek a jail term between 57 and 71 months for former Guyana Health Minister Dr Noel Blackman on his oxycodone conspiracy conviction, his attorney John Bergendahl has made a plea for a lower sentence.
In a letter to New York Judge Joanna Seybert on Thursday, Bergendahl said a lower sentence on the 68-year-old Blackman would allow an earlier return to Guyana where his skills as a vascular surgeon can be well-utilised.
Bergendahl told the judge that the US government has accepted that its original guideline of 78 to 97 months of jail for Blackman was based on false premises and it has been agreed that the base will be between 57 and 71 months.
Bergendahl said that the original US base level offence was
