Overview
- Heather Mack, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill her mother in Bali in 2014, is facing a recommended 28-year prison sentence by federal prosecutors in Chicago.
- Mack's lawyers are arguing for a maximum 15-year sentence, with credit for time served in Indonesia.
- Mack's boyfriend at the time, Tommy Schaefer, who is also accused of participating in the murder, is serving an 18-year sentence in Indonesia.
- Prosecutors claim Mack and Schaefer planned the murder to access a $1.5 million trust fund.
- Mack's sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday.