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You suspect well, I do not. Let me ask you another question for which you and I do not know the answer. Since she got 2 years in prison, she was not promised (i.e. she did not sign any binding agreement with the prosecutor, beyond "we will do our best to get you a lenient sentence") not to go to prison. Why then not a sentence of 5, 10, 15 years in prison?

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Why not just nail her to the wall after the fact? Is integrity of the prosecutor a valid answer?

In almost any profession, your word is all you have. Welsh on someone, and no one will trust you anymore.

I did not say or believe that the prosecutor lied or they should renege on their word, far from it. I said that if she got two years, it means that the agreement Ellison-DA was not for no prison time in exchange for cooperation.

Thus I asked why two years and not five or ten of whatever time under the expected sentence time in case of no cooperation.

The prosecutor doesn't pick a time, and cant promise it. The judge selects the sentence. This judge thought 2 years was reasonable after the fact, and was not bound to it.

Read who I was replying to (which was not you). They said,

"Is integrity of the prosecutor a valid answer?"

Yes it is.

I don't know how that all plays out, to be perfectly honest.

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