It was a plea deal... if it had been forced into a courtroom battle she might have won, but drastically impoverished and some lawyer would be strutting fatter pockets.
Somehow when the charge is this egregiously bad, there ought to be a provision that government pays... and how MUCH it pays ought to be an item clearly visible to the tax payer.
The prosecuting attorneys in this country need to start being held liable for their abuses. There should have been no charges in in the first place.