Reply #12: FL criminal law question...

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I'm with a DA's office here in California, and guilty pleas come with a set sentence, with the condition that if the judge doesn't buy the agreement made between the DA and the defendant, the defendant will be allowed to withdraw the plea and start over.

What is the deal in FL? Why the "10-30yr" range on a plea? I guess even 30 yrs is better than the life sentence he was (again) looking at. I know it's FL, so I was surprised they didn't just take him in back and strap him to Ol' Smokey, but seriously, LIFE?

So in FL, to recap:
Big kid killing little black girl--LIFE SENTENCE
Bigger kid committing armed robbery with nobody hurt--LIFE SENTENCE.
(I know he's now of legal age, but that didn't seem to matter before...)

I guess that makes the court clerks' jobs much easier...cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste cut/paste