Could Mayor LaToya Cantrell receive and accept a plea deal from federal prosecutors in her ongoing criminal case? A former prosecutor says it could happen, but that ex-prosecutor says Cantrell would still receive jail time.
“The feds are unlikely to offer something that would guarantee no jail time,” former Assistant United States Attorney Pat Fanning said.
According to Fanning, prosecutors will use sentencing guidelines for Cantrell’s charges to calculate a plea deal that would shave off time from a possible jail sentence. However, Fanning says that before Cantrell considers accepting any plea deal, she has to ask herself several questions…