> What prosecutors can do is recommend a sentence and let the judge know that a criminal cooperated. Cooperating typically reduces a criminal's sentance. Ultima

> What prosecutors can do is recommend a sentence and let the judge know that a criminal cooperated. Cooperating typically reduces a criminal's sentance. Ultimately, Federal sentences are decided by three things: The prosecution does decide charges to bring forward, so the prosecution can decide to only charge defendants with lesser charges if they cooperate to catch bigger fishes. If Judges stopped going along with prosecutor's deals, then nobody would be making deals ever again. Usually, judges do honor deals made with the defendant.