Lower Sentence

Defendant was charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), Distribution of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), Possession of a Controlled Substance With Intent to Distribute (Methamphetamine), and Aiding and Abetting. She...

Defendant was charged with Sexual Assault with a Minor Under 14 Years of Age, First Degree Kidnapping of a Minor, and Lewdness with a Child Under the Age of 14. Ms. Connolly obtained a complete dismissal of all charges.

Defendant was facing a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted of the charges of first degree kidnapping and murder. Ms. Connolly secured a plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and a sentence of a minimum...