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To: Lane3 who wrote (52905)	7/5/2004 8:00:15 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

I've only been practicing in VA for about 15 years, and NOVA has changed a lot since 20 years ago, but I would guess that what you saw was a "slow plea." The woman probably had such a long record that she could not cut a reasonable deal with the prosecutor, so the hope was that the jury would be more lenient. If the sentence was too long, the judge has the authority to shorten it, but not lengthen it. Unless the facts were pretty egregious, he might have done so. Six months used to be the same as a year, if you did six months without problems that counted as a year towards your sentence.