 A letter from the Saudi ambassador to the United States was considered by the court.Parole may be conditioned on Al-Turki's progress in the prison system's rehabilitation programs for sex-offenders.On March 12, 2013, Al-Turki's request to be sent to his home country to serve out his sentence was denied by the Colorado Department of Corrections on the grounds that state law requires sex offenders to undergo treatment while in prison and that al-Turki had declined to participate.