(The Center Square)- Aaron Farinacci, the man accused of starting a fire that destroyed hundreds of structures in the Spokane area, spent less than a decade in an Arizona prison for killing his father and holding his mother at gunpoint, court records show.
Legal experts and victim advocates say his plea deal was unusual, and this type of deal is often traumatic for the victims.
Blake Thornbro, a criminal defense attorney for the Scottsdale-based Hallam Law Group, said he hadn’t heard of a similar deal that Farinacci got to plead guilty to manslaughter, avoiding life in prison and a first-degree murder conviction…