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There are seven or eight top-flight criminal defense lawyers in Culver City, and I, Andy Simon, am one of them. Recently, I was hired by

"There are seven or eight top-flight criminal defense lawyers in Culver City, and I, Andy Simon, am one of them. Recently, I was hired by three individuals who I will call Dash, Kennedy, and Snyder. They were charged with first-degree murder. Dash and Kennedy were accused of actually committing the murder, and Snyder was charged under the felony-murder rule. If convicted they could each get life in prison without parole. In due course, I broached plea bargaining with the prosecutor, Tina Chambers, who told me that she would accept a plea to murder two, which would make my clients eligible for parole in 20 years. But Tina insisted that all three had to plead guilty or the deal was off. She figures if she's going to try one, she'll try them all. Well, I told this to my clients. Dash and Kennedy said they wanted to take the deal, but Snyder would not. The fact is, Tina has a better case against Dash and Kennedy than she has against Snyder. I told Tina I thought Snyder better get another lawyer, but Tina said it didn't matter any to her because whether there was one defense lawyer or two or three or ten, she still wasn't going to accept a deal unless each defendant pled to murder two. Actually I think it's a pretty good deal, even for Snyder who, because he wasn't a triggerman, will probably get paroled after 20 years. The others I'm not so sure, but at least they'd have a shot.

So what do I do now?"

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