Sean Taylor Trial

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Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

What plea deal were they offered? If the "deal" would have still required jail time, they could have rejected it regardless of the strength of the case. For ST, any "deal" that still requires jailtime may simply not be an option.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071200959.html

A deal was offered to Taylor with the minimum jail sentence, 3 years. By Florida law the DA can't offer any less than that for the charges he's facing. So you're right, Taylor probably found this completely unacceptable and is taking his chances.

But the co-defendant was offered a deal to roll on Taylor, and he rejected that outright, despite the fact that all charges would have been dropped in the deal. He rejected that even though he's facing up to 15 years. That's telling to me.

The attorney for Caughman, Evan Hoffman, said his client could have had the felony assault charge against him -- which carries a 15-year maximum sentence -- dropped had he agreed to cooperate against Taylor. Caughman was charged with allegedly wielding a bat in the incident in which Taylor was accused of pointing a handgun and hitting a man with his fist.
"We were ethically and morally obligated to turn down the offer because we are steadfast in maintaining his innocence," Hoffman said.