When a Newport News circuit judge recently approved a plea deal that suspended all 45 years of a pedophile’s prison term, The Daily Press saw its online message board light up with angry comments.
But the paper talked to Peninsula prosecutors and defense lawyers and found that judges usually trust the lawyers to get it right and generally will approve plea deals when presented.
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