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I am going to put this on the other thread as well, but this gives new substance to the above theory:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090305/en_celeb_eo/102646;_ylt=AvmmT4lw7NpFaAH4n5mvCuxxFb8C
"A plea deal can be a "smart move," particularly in a domestic violence case, "because it's the type of crime where the defendant is more villianized than say a bar fight, and so the less the media knows about the strength of the prosecution's case, the easier to convince them to reduce or dismiss or recharge with a lesser offense," criminal defense attorney Daniel Perlman, who is not working on the Brown case, tells E! News.
While he couldn't say for certain whether a deal seemed likely, Perlman says that it doesn't hurt to try.
"Here, the publicity about [Rihanna's] injuries was sufficient to make me doubt that the L.A. D.A. can reasonably let this go as a misdemeanor without some jail without this looking like a celebrity exception," he says.
"On the other hand, a negotiated settlement with a delayed sentencing can sometimes be had, where he pleas to a felony which will be reduced to a misdemeanor in, for example, a year if he does all the classes and community service, etc."
Geragos is working on the above...
