The unusual plea agreement includes the promise that charges will be dropped if 2-year-old Javon Thompson is resurrected. The history : " A 22-year-old woman accused of starving her infant son to death pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to one count of child abuse resulting in death and will be released from jail in exchange for her cooperation against her co-defendants, who prosecutors say are fellow members of a cult called 1 Mind Ministries. The unusual plea agreement also includes a "process of deprogramming" for Ria Ramkissoon and the promise that charges will be dropped if 2-year-old Javon Thompson is resurrected. Ramkissoon's attorney said his client insisted on the clause, which he believes is a first in American legal history, because she still holds out hope that her son will be brought back to life. Prosecutors say the five suspects belonged to a small group of adults and children whose leader, Queen Antoinette, is accused of ordering members in January 2007 to withhold food and water from Javon. She believed he was a demon because he did not say "Amen" after he was fed, according to a statement of facts read by prosecutors. After he died, Antoinette laid Javon's body on a couch, and the others knelt and prayed while Ramkissoon danced around the body, Assistant State's Attorney Julie Drake said. The group carried his remains in a green suitcase when they later moved to Philadelphia. " Does she has right to be released from jail in exchange for her cooperation against her co-defendants ? Then it will be simple to arrange a group to order to kill someone, to get released by cooperating . Is it the same way ? Another strange thing is : to be released from jail if Javon Thompson is resurrected
In the US plea agreements like this (minus the resurrection) happen all the time. They will let someone out of jail, drop charges, or give lighter sentances in exchange for their cooperation in getting the group. A lot of times the prosecutor needs that one little piece of evidence that that person can provide to get the rest of the group.