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Sweetheart Deal
A plea bargain lawyers negotiate with a criminal to get him or her to roll over on a bigger fish. Usually a lighter sentence and witness relocation is offered.
The Tran brothers could've gotten 20 to life for their involvement on the shooting but the prosecutors gave them a sweetheart deal if they testified against crimelord Peter Chong.
Sweetheart Deal by genericaddress@gmail.com June 30, 2008