The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the ...
On May 30, the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office sent a letter to Bates with details of a plea offer, giving him the option to plead guilty to one count of accessory to a felony.
He was innocent.” Based on Gibbs’ declara­tion of innocence, the de­­fense did not seek a plea offer from former District Attorney Willaim Higgins, and Higgins never made an offer.