[ClintonBeGone]

Ask for the max possible.

Come on, where is your common sense? The defendant, through his attorney, ALREADY knows what the max is by virtue of the charges against him. He'll laugh along with his attorney if the prosecutor asks him to plea for the same penalty.

[longtermmemmory]

No, this is in PRE-filing. Once a charge(s) are filed then guidlines control. This will allow a prosecutor to say we want a confession for a first degree felony but if you confess to a third degree felony our settlment letter will not be made public.

They can laugh, but given how the media eats up the "hard" SA stand and how the SA can use that during re-election laughter is hardly relevant.

It is important to keep in context. AFTER charges are filed you have a point, BEFORE actual charges are filed there are few controls on SA behavior.