Darren Sharper gets 20 years in Louisiana rapes, but will serve just nine years under multiple-state deal
Ex-Saint pleads guilty to drugging, raping in 4 states
His deal with Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office calls for a 20-year sentence on the Louisiana charges, the source said, but he will be required to serve only half that amount under the terms of the deal. Sharper is also getting credit for the year he already has spent in jail.
Under the deal, Sharper will serve the bulk of his prison time in federal custody, followed by probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender. The federal prison stint means a break of sorts for Sharper, as federal prison is generally considered preferable to state prison.
The sentence, surprisingly lenient to some legal observers, is part of an all-encompassing settlement Sharper reached in the four states where he has been charged with drugging and raping women: Louisiana, California, Nevada and Arizona. The agreement also will resolve a federal drug case in New Orleans accusing Sharper of conspiring with a former St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy, Brandon Licciardi, to drug women to prime them for rape.
Shaun Clarke, a former federal prosecutor in New Orleans, said that nine years behind bars for Sharper seems lenient, given the grave criminal charges he faced in four states. The sentence may mean that Sharper is cooperating with authorities in the cases against Licciardi and Nunez, Clarke said.
“The reality of the criminal justice system, fair or not, is that if you can bring others into the net, you’ve got something to trade. That’s just the way it is,” Clarke said.
http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11920705-123/darren-sharper-takes-20-year-deal
-----------------------
so he's gonna turn snitch too