ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska man convicted of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor from his floating strip club said he plans to appeal whatever sentence is imposed Friday afternoon. Federal prosecutors have recommended an 18-month prison sentence for Byler. Byler's attorney, John Cashion, in a sentencing memorandum asked the judge to consider a fine and probation instead of prison time. Cashion said that Byler is "especially needed as a partner to his wife and family in a frontier subsistence environment." In a letter to U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason, Byler's wife Kimberly Riedel-Byler also asked for her husband to be kept out of prison.

Source: The China Post January 21, 2017 16:39 UTC