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Originally Posted by Mike F
He got a mandatory life sentence with no parole before 15 years.
The sentence was part of a plea bargain between Chen and the Crown, which was attractive to the Crown because of the lack of evidence regarding the aggrevating factors necessary to be proved to get a stiffer sentence.
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I think the reduced charge was part of a plea-bargain, but not the sentence; the fact that the defense was asking for twelve years and the prosecution was asking for 17 means that there wasn't a plea-bargain in place regarding the sentence. If the sentence is part of the plea-bargain, then they present that directly to the judge.