I think this release is worded disingenuously. My understanding of this case is that the 6 month offer was only part of the plea deal the prosecutors held out i

I think this release is worded disingenuously. My understanding of this case is that the 6 month offer was only part of the plea deal the prosecutors held out if Aaron didn't go to trial. If he exercised his right to due process and went to trial, he did indeed risk the full 35 year penalty and no such sentence recommendation was on offer. This is typical of many prosecutors in the US, unfortunately, who attempt to terrorize defendants into accepting their plea deals. It's not much different than the way torture was used in the Middle Ages to extract confessions and secure convictions. It's pretty sad to see a press release that attempts to obfuscate the truth like this.