Elizabeth Holmes, the former chief executive of the now-defunct blood-testing company Theranos, was once a super-famous billionaire in the Silicon Valley health sector. Her company was once valued at around $9 billion (£7.1 billion GBP approx), and Holmes was seen by many as one of the most promising people in US technology, hyped for her supposed reinventions in medical diagnostics.
However, more than 10 years later, the world is watching as the 41-year-old, facing a long prison sentence, makes a big appeal to US President Donald Trump to commute her punishment. It is not a first for commuting as a practice in general, as Trump's record of issuing clemencies to many individuals is well known, positioning her request as a chance for early release and a chance at redemption.
