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Judges usually approve negotiated plea deals

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Peninsula, Plea Bargains

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 […]

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