[1raider1]

Montes, 65, was released early after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit espionage as part of a plea deal in 2002.

Second sentence in the excerpt

[riverdawg]

This sentence, as written, is confusing. A plea deal entered in 2002 cannot be the reason for an early release in 2022 unless the deal specified 20 years in prison. My understanding is that the plea deal took the death penalty off the table.

[Chode]

my question stands... WHY???