Too sick for prison? Main Line's 'godfather of payday lending' makes last-minute pitch to avoid lock

[TexasTowelie]

Too sick for prison? Main Line's 'godfather of payday lending' makes last-minute pitch to avoid lockup


Lawyers for a Main Line man dubbed the “godfather of payday lending” pushed Monday to postpone the start of his 14-year prison term, arguing that putting the ailing 77-year-old behind bars would be the equivalent of signing his death warrant.

Charles M. Hallinan, who was convicted last year in a federal racketeering case, is battling two aggressive forms of cancer and a host of other health-related maladies, his lawyers said in a last-minute pitch to U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno a week before their client is scheduled to turn himself in.

They pleaded with the judge to stay the punishment while Hallinan appeals his case and continues to receive chemotherapy and other treatments they said are necessary to keep him alive.

“It would be inhumane to make a decision to send a defendant like this to jail while his treatment is ongoing,” defense lawyer Michael Rosencraft said. “Interrupting his treatment at this point will endanger his life. I don’t say that lightly, and I’m not exaggerating.”

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/charles-hallinan-prison-sentence-payday-lending-philadelphia-cancer-robreno-20180723.html

[Demovictory9]

1. i hope he can continue to get his cancer treatment in prison but did he let borrowers plead their

way out of their payday loans?