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Summary Of The Heather Raftery Case

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If found guilty, a judgment will be given by the judge and in most courts, the decision will be read out loud. But sometimes, there will be another court date that will be set due to numerous reasons. (e.g. time has elapsed, further reviewing for verdict needs to be made, etc.) Heather Raftery case was a capital murder case where the death penalty was pretty much involved until the court changed the charges to Robbery 1 and Burglary 1. Let's say the charges were not lowered, then Raftery would be granted death penalty or spending life in prison without parole. There is nothing to indicate why the prosecution dropped the capital charge, but these two polls are within the realm of possibilities. In the end, Raftery was sentenced to 25 years
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