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KXAN: Judge rejects ex-Georgetown sergeant's plea bargain

By "Persian Cowboy"

Here is the Jimmy Fennel update from KXAN GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) -- A judge on Tuesday rejected the plea bargain presented in the case of Jimmy Fennell, the former Georgetown police officer charged with sexual assault. Fennell pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual misconduct last month. It is rare for a judge to reject a plea bargain agreement, but some said it was no surprise because Fennell was getting just two years in prison. "Ninety-five percent of all defendants who are resolving their cases resolve them with recommendations that are made from the DA's office occasionally the recommendation that we make the court feels needs to be decided by a jury this is one of those cases," said Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).