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Ex-soccer boss Napout denied compassionate prison release

by AP Sports Writer
| April 13, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge denied a request by the former head of South American soccer to be given compassionate release from prison because of the new coronavirus pandemic but reserved judgment Friday on his request for to be let out on bail pending his appeal.

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