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Financier Stanford, ill and in solitary, declines speedy trial

AFP: "HOUSTON, Texas — Disgraced financier Allen Stanford appeared ill in court Wednesday but declined a speedy trial despite being held in solitary confinement after he was badly beaten in a jailhouse brawl.

Stanford, who was briefly hospitalized in September and underwent surgery for a non life-threatening aneurysm in his leg, began spitting up blood during a status hearing in Houston, Texas.

Judge David Hittner interrupted the proceedings to ask Stanford's lawyer 'Is your client okay?' at which point Stanford nodded and rebuffed a court officer who tried to help him."

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