In Lafler v. Cooper, the prosecutor offered the defendant a 51-to-85-month 51-to-85-month 51-to-85-month 51-to-85-monthult with intent to murder.
One of a defense attorney's most critical responsibilities is to advise a client regarding the sentence he might face after a trial, and to give dispassionate recommendations regarding any resolution offered by the prosecutor.
The prosecutor, James P. Lynch, offered the jury only one aggravating factor -- the murder-for-hire conviction, which is a capital crime in New Jersey.
Prosecutors offered the youngest, Mr. Timmins, a sentence of four years in exchange for his testimony.
But federal prosecutors offered the most scathingly detailed version yet as they filed a complaint to seize the assets in federal court in California.
Army prosecutors offered the first details of a rare criminal case against a general, alleging in a military hearing at Fort Bragg on Monday that he committed sex crimes against five women, including four subordinates and a civilian.
In New York, prosecutors offered the history through a crucial witness, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, a Sudanese who had been a top aide to Mr. bin Laden before defecting to the United States in the mid-1990's.
Prosecutors offered the plea agreement last Friday, but Mr. Hunter said Ms. Grossett-Tate was at first reluctant for her son to accept it, because she still believed he never meant to kill the playmate, Tiffany Eunick.
Mr. Fastow agreed to a 10-year sentence; prosecutors offered the deal because of information he agreed to provide against Jeffrey K. Skilling, Enron's former chief executive, and Richard Causey, its former chief accounting officer.
