Mastro Judge Strikes Down Plea Agreement

[calvindog]

Weak. The US Attorney's office in Chicago should be ashamed of themselves. When a judge is tougher than the prosecutors are toward a non-cooperating defendant, well, that is a disgrace. Mastro had his priest there and surely he will claim he has an alcohol problem in order to further reduce his sentence. Pitiful.

[Runscott]

You think he'll tell them where the diamonds are?

[travrosty]

any plea deal with a reduction in sentencing should involve mastro telling everything he knows about everybody he has knowledge of who engaged in illegal practices, whether or not they are the other principals of the auction house, authenticators, friends, accomplices, anybody, or else no deal.