Its almost never use. And the reason it is used to so you cant sue them. Whenever this plea came into discussion, the prosecutors first question was, will they sign a waiver giving up all rights to sue the state of arkansas . People ask, and i have any reservations, or dont have to fight with myself to come to the decision to accept that . You just know, because i was dying. I was dying very quickly. There were times when i was so sick i literally didnt think i was going to make it to the next morning. So i knew if i didnt take that deal i was going to die. They couldve easily stretched his case out another five to 10 years. They could have constantly asked for extensions. I would have died. Has anybody from the state of arkansas or the county in which you were prosecuted, anybody come close to saying to you, we know you didnt do it, and by the way, we are really sorry we did this to you for 18 years . No one involved in the system whatsoever, according to the state of arkansas they st