[E. Pluribus Unum]

...giving deals to people in exchange for light sentences and their testimony against the person at the center of the case is done all the time.

Sounds like extortion.

[srmanuel]

It probably is, but it’s done every day in State and Federal courts all over the country.

When you give someone involved in 19 murders, 5 years in jail and a new identity in exchange for their testimony against someone higher up, then anything is possible.