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Man who beat Giants fan in LA faces lengthy federal time (The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man who smirked as he was sentenced in the savage beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium wants a federal judge to spare him from another lengthy prison sentence for an unrelated gun crime.

Louie Sanchez's hand-written letter prays for mercy in the crime discovered as police investigated the 2011 opening day attack that left Bryan Stow with permanent brain damage.

''The outcome of the situation I don't wish upon nobody,'' Sanchez wrote in his letter to Judge Fernando Olguin. ''Unfortunately, Mr. Stow got hurt and I send my deepest sympathy to Mr.