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Question about plea deals
- Subject: Question about plea deals
- From: zen at freedbms.net (Zenaan Harkness)
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 22:28:45 +1100
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 09:22:21PM -0800, Douglas Lucas wrote:
> Lawyers tell me that most/all plea deals have a boilerplate paragraph
> stating that what isn't written in the plea deal doesn't count.
>
> For example in alleged WikiLeaks courier Matt DeHart's plea deal --
> http://douglaslucas.com/files/DeHart_PleaAgreement.pdf -- on PDF page 13
> there's this text: "29. No promises, agreements, or conditions have been
> entered into other than those set forth in this Plea Agreement, and none
> will be entered into unless memorialized in writing and signed by all of
> the parties listed below."
>
> Does anyone know what the generic term/name is for that kind of
> paragraph in a contract (preferably, in a plea deal specifically)?
>
> I ask the lawyers and they say there is such a generic term and they
> just can't remember.
Your project/ purpose for this?