[cyncooper]

Your headline is a bit misleading.

The choice is not death or he walks. From your article excerpt in your post:

that might spare him life in prison or the death penalty.

[FresnoDA]

Thanks for clarifying...that was the jest I got..based on the aggressively pro prosecutorial stance Mudd has taken through out the trial...so, in essence, it was my opinion...

[FresnoDA]

Reading back..doesn't Mudd say he REFUSED what you italicized??