All were settled through pleabargains that took the death penalty off the table.
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Lilley contends prosecutors sweetened pleabargains to ensure convictions of 18 men in time for them to testify against Strong.
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Most criminal convictions in America come from pleabargains, in which defendants exchange their right to a trial for less severe prosecution or a shorter jail sentence.