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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 2586404" data-attributes="member: 5391">No; this was a part of the only plea deal.  The defense agrees to plead guilty, saving the taxpayers the cost of a trial and the otherwise almost inevitable appeals, and the DA agrees to take the death penalty off the table.  In cases like this, the death penalty is a great bargaining chip.Ideally, I'd like to see Sweat put to sleep, so I can see a certain amount of anger, but this plea deal finally closes the case.I think the prosecution would be wise to take the plea deal in the case of James Holmes, the Aurora CO theater shooter,  as well.  There, the defense offered essentially the same deal but the Boulder  DA turned it down.</blockquote>