From another source:
Two of his co-defendants, sisters Brittany and Tanishia Covington, had previously agreed to plea deals, with Brittany receiving a probation-only sentence, and Tanishia, a three-year prison term. A lawyer for Cooper said Thursday that he was considering a plea deal.
You only deal when you think there is not sufficient evidence for a slam dunk conviction. In my county there would have been no plea deal at all. Maybe in Chicago they could find some white hating racist to hang a jury but even then they should have tried these monsters and put them away for life.
Thanks for that. You would think a journalist would have thought to include that info in this story.