Sentencing day for actress Felicity Huffman in 'Varsity Blues' college entrance scam

"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman is set to be sentenced on Friday for federal crimes stemming from the massive "Varsity Blues" college entrance scam, and prosecutors are asking a judge to send her to prison.

Huffman, 56, will learn her fate when she appears in U.S. District Court in Boston in front Judge Indira Talwani, to whom she has pleaded for leniency.

Earlier this month, Huffman's lawyers filed legal papers asking Talwani to not send the Oscar-nominated actress to prison, writing that "nothing about her history and characteristics require a...