July 29 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a federal judge to release the convicted entertainment mogul from jail as he awaits sentencing in early October.
In a 12-page letter on Tuesday to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs lawyers wrote that there were "exceptional" reasons why he should be granted the privilege and that the laws under which he was convicted allegedly had "never been applied to facts similar to these to prosecute or incarcerate any other person."
"Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct," the letter read in part.
On July 2 at New York's southern U.S. District Court in Manhattan, a jury found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and acquitted him on one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking.
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