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Still, there have been cases of judges rejecting deals because of victim feedback. In her 35-year career as a prosecutor, mostly of white-collar crimes, Peress said she has twice encountered a judge ...
STAPILUS: The plea deal with accused killer Bryan Kohberger, as opposed to a murder trial, is what you would expect.
Simply as a matter of statistics, the plea deal with accused killer Bryan Kohberger, as opposed to a murder trial, is what ...
The high cost of a trial, and the often time-consuming nature of it along with appeals which can stretch out for many years, ...
A plea deal is an agreement struck between a defense team and prosecutor that can include a prosecutor pursuing lesser charges or a lesser sentence in exchange for the defendant pleading guilty.
The reported plea agreement involving Kohberger has left the community in shock, with little information coming from the ...
Former GOP Congressman George Santos has some parting words as his prison sentence looms.
A man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex’s boyfriend as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, according ...
Does the name Danny Heinrich ring a bell? If not, then perhaps another name will jog your memory: Jacob Wetterling. Heinrich is the man who abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 11-year-old Jacob ...
Criminal defense attorney Fred Hafetz and Sentencingstats.com, Inc. co-founder Mark Allenbaugh provide an analysis based on U.S. Sentencing Commission data of the difference in sentences between ...