Who, specifically, he wanted to take care of his wife is unclear, and both Norman and Arthur who agree on little save for how irritating they find their mother are determined to prove the plea was aimed at the other.
But the prosecutor turned down the request, saying there was "no good reason to do so" and adding, "the state does not believe such testing will or can prove the defendant's innocence after his guilty plea".
Vietnam veteran Terry Calandra's recent guilty plea in federal court to falsifying information to obtain a Medal of Honor proves the point.
New Jersey prohibits plea bargaining in DUI cases unless the prosecutor believes there is insufficient evidence to prove the case, and New Jersey does not offer hardship (work) licenses for people convicted of DUI.
It had been his task, he said, to prove a plea that the allegation in Raith's letter was true, and that Barnes had not been excluded capriciously.
Mr Moskos reckons that, at least in Baltimore, the people jailed for drug possession are usually violent dealers whose more serious crimes cannot be proven or whose plea bargains have been accepted by an over-burdened judicial system.
To hasten the villagers' departure, the government proved intractable to pleas for electricity and running water.
O'Donnell and O'Brien made no response at the time — "We can talk about that later," O'Brien said; O'Donnell later described himself as "noncommittal" — but events were to prove that his plea had softened their feelings toward him.
She has refused the plea deals, she said, because she is adamant about proving her innocence in court.
But during a court hearing in April 2008, Mr. Katsav unexpectedly backed out of the plea agreement, saying that he preferred to fight to prove his innocence.
