CZ's sentencing hearing will begin at 0:00 on May 1, and CZ's lawyer will request probation

According to BlockBeats, on April 30, Reuters reported that CZ's sentencing hearing began at 9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday (0:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 1). CZ's lawyers requested probation on the grounds that CZ accepted responsibility "unflinchingly" and had paid a $50 million criminal fine. They also stated that CZ had never committed a crime before and that no defendant in similar cases had been imprisoned.