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Yang’s Washington-based lawyer Jared Genser said yesterday that Yang will file an appeal of his sentence—he has 10 days to do so—though he added that the odds of getting the sentence overturned are “probably zero...
...odds are pretty good that he’ll get a shorter sentence,” Genser said...
Though Yang’s lawyer in Beijing, Mo Shaoping, has said that he believes Yang’s sentence will probably be reduced by the two years he has already served in prison, Genser does not believe that will happen...
...Shaoping’s assumption is that he will not have to serve five years but that’s his assumption and the Chinese court has the discretion whether he’ll serve or not,” Genser said. “So until they say otherwise, it’s five years in addition to the two years...
...Jared Genser is president of Freedom Now, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that works to free prisoners of conscience. He is a legal advisor to Yang’s family...