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Realistically, can they avoid criticism here? They offer a sentence -> they're only offering a high sentence/they are forcing him to accept a longer sentence. T

Realistically, can they avoid criticism here? They offer a sentence -> they're only offering a high sentence/they are forcing him to accept a longer sentence. They don't offer him a sentence -> they should have offered him a sentence.

mises 8y ago
No, I would actually have been more okay with a sentence. It might have been a little more straightforward.
- tptacek 8y ago
  That's not how this works. The prosecution and the defendant can agree to about what they'll ask for, but it's ultimately up to the judge to sentence. Prosecutors can't "offer him a sentence".
  - mchannon 8y ago
    Yes they can. It’s called an 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement. Most don’t or won’t.
    - tptacek 8y ago
      The judge still has to agree to a C plea. And, as you mention, they're rare.