“District Attorney, Danny Porter, said the family was on board with the plea deal.
“They are not in a position where they want to have Mr. Sailors sent to prison for the rest of his life, Porter said in court. They are in a position where it is most important to them, that the public understand that Mr. Diaz, who was driving the car, was not committing any crime. (He) was not engaged in any unlawful activity, was not engaged in anything even improper.”
As we first reported in May, the Diaz family sued Phillip Sailors citing he acted negligently.
Attorneys say there was a settlement in which the family received an undisclosed amount of money.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/gwinnett-co-man-pleads-guilty-driveway-shooting/nh8r5/
Might even be that the man promised them his home or other things that he could not give if he had to mount a criminal defense.
Something smells here.