Suspended Newton judge declined plea deal that would have meant no criminal charges

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Suspended Newton Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph turned down a deal that would have allowed her to avoid prosecution — and possibly preserve her career — if she admitted that she illegally helped an undocumented immigrant elude arrest by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to several people briefed on the federal prosecutor’s offer.

US Attorney Andrew Lelling had offered Joseph a “deferred prosecution agreement” under which she would not have been indicted and, in a year, as long as she didn’t repeat the conduct, prosecutors would abandon the obstruction of justice charges, according to the people familiar with the deal.

But Joseph refused to admit she violated federal law and now faces the possibility of up to 20 years in prison if convicted of obstruction of justice.

Another courageous resister against the cancer overtaking our country. I hope her jury exercises jury nullification.

Unfortunately the rest of the story is behind the Boston Globe's paywall.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/05/23/suspended-newton-judge-declined-plea-deal-that-would-have-meant-criminal-charges/5m6v0odAszNCTFxD0SC9WP/story.html

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1. This is courageous

Judge Joseph is putting her career and her freedom on the line against a tyrannical, out-of-control administration.

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2. Meanwhile the country is being crushed by a known admitted sexual assaulter in the WH