[marajade]

That's not what the article states:

"David Westerfield's lawyers were brokering a deal with prosecutors:

He would tell police where he dumped the 7-year-old girl's body; they would not seek the death penalty."

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He would tell police where he dumped the 7-year-old girl's body; they would not seek the death penalty."

I took the article to mean that both parties were negotiating and that the defense wanted no death penalty and the prosecution wanted to know where the body was dumped. Your interpretation may be the correct one.