It's judgment day for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

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Founder and CEO of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2015. Jeff Chiu/AP

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SAN JOSE, Calif – Former Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes is heading to a federal courthouse here on Friday to beg for leniency during her sentencing hearing. Prosecutors are expected to argue that the onetime leader of the blood-testing startup Theranos deserves 15 years in prison.

Judgment day for Holmes follows a jury convicting her on three counts of wire

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