Prosecutors seek life term for man who abused college women
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for an ex-convict who extorted and forced into labor or prostitution some women he met at his daughter’s on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College. Manhattan federal prosecutors wrote in a court document Friday that Lawrence Ray has shown he is a danger to others, is incapable of contrition and must be incapacitated. Ray was convicted in April of using threats and violence to enrich himself with millions of dollars while ruining the lives of his daughter’s friends. His sentencing is set for next Friday. His lawyers have argued for leniency, saying he should face 15 years behind bars.
