Family says prosecutors offered plea deal to killer without their approval, D.A. responds

BATON ROUGE — The family of a woman killed in a hit-and-run on Plank Road says prosecutors did not listen to them before agreeing to a plea deal in the case.

Family members of 22-year-old LaDerica Stewart said they wanted the case to go to trial instead of ending with a plea deal for Ty’Quencia Harris.

“We wanted it to go to trial and we told them that,” said Marci Ruiz, Stewart’s stepmother. “They’re not hearing us at all.”…

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