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Judge Denies Plea Agreement for Fennell

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That's the headline in today's Austin American-Statesman concerning a former law enforcement officer who is implicated in the Rodney Reed case.  LINKDistrict Judge Burt Carnes on Tuesday denied a plea agreement that included two years in prison and 10 years of probation for former Georgetown police Sgt. Jimmy Fennell, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty. The judge set the case for trial Sept. 8.  "I am going to reject this plea deal and set it for a jury trial," Carnes said to an emotionless Fennell. Carnes did not elaborate, nor did he return phone calls Tuesday evening. Under the deal reached last month between prosecutors and Fennell's attorney, Fennell pleaded guilty to felony charges of kidnapping and sexual misconduct in connection with an Oct...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).