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It’s also important that they don’t agree on a sentence too early because they might find out she played a larger role than they assume at this point.
by whoiscroberts 4y ago
It’s also important that they don’t agree on a sentence too early because they might find out she played a larger role than they assume at this point.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> important that they don’t agree on a sentence too early The point is the prosecutor can’t agree to a deal. They can agree to recommend this or that. But a judge ultimately sentenced.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> It’s also important that they don’t agree on a sentence too early because they might find out she played a larger role than they assume at this point. There is no such thing as a sentencing agreement in the US federal system. At most, the defense and prosecution, when it gets to that point, could agree on recommendations, but the judge would still be free to disagree.