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The sentencing benefits of joining the winning team in the OJ case

By Douglas A. Berman

This AP story, headlined "All 4 former Simpson co-defendants get probation," reports on yesterday's sentencings outcome for those defendants in the latest OJ case who figured out the best sentencing game-plan for small-time criminals is to plead guilty and help prosecutors by testifying against the big dogs.  Here are the basics: Four men who pleaded guilty to reduced charges in exchange for testifying against O.J. Simpson at his robbery-kidnapping trial were sentenced Tuesday to probation, drawing a loud protest from a sports memorabilia dealer they held at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. "You've got to be kidding me!" Bruce Fromong exclaimed after Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass sentenced Michael McClinton to eight years' probation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).