significant. we had to go downtown to meet with the district attorney. and they were informed of an offer made by john gardner s attorneys. his attorneys came forward with an offer to plead guilty to all of the charges with life without possibility of parole and waiving his appellate rights. in exchange, gardner s attorney wanted the death penalty off the table, so her dilemma. should she continue to develop her strong death penalty case in the murder of chelsea king? should she wait for the task force to link gardner to amber s death, too, or would that ever happen? there was absolutely no link that anyone was able to find between john gardner and amber. and so the da was faced with a choice. proceed only in the chelsea king case, or make another deal to get some kind of justice for
manaus, was a san diego county da, she was not the da in 2000 when this crime occurred. we were asked to speak to that prosecutor, but we re told mr. manafort answer the questions. when it happened in that case was appropriate. this was a mid range sentence as opposed to the maximum possible. that was in spite of a psychiatrist report saying this guy is really dangerous. and he always will be dangerous. why would that not have rocketed up to a full ten year sentence? first of all, there were two psychiatric reports. one was saying he was a danger. one was saying, that he was treatable and recommended impatient treatment for 90 days and probation. this is a guy who s seen him once in five years. but he examined him him just as much as a case tom foreman. our he had actually treated him. but that report was only one factor in the sentencing decision. there were glowing characterize francis.
clearer call. and the doctor who evaluated gardener, there s apparently so concerned about it, he followed up his report with a phone call. gardeners probation officer, with yet another warning. the defendant does not suffer from a psychotic disorder, he is simply a bad guy who his own nordean it really interested in young girls. such calls are rare, says doctor kalisz. we when psychiatrist we come desperate, we ve become a phone. but despite those warnings, the prosecution, probation officer, and judge. all decided that john gardeners get a mid level sentence of six years, rather than ten years, which it would ve been the maximum sentence under the plea deal. i have reviewed these case, with the glasses of having been a prosecutor, having been a municipal court judge, superior court judges. now the da. when we sat down bonnie geo
the 13-inch crack, which may have come from an anchor strike, hs marine growth on it. now back to dateline. it happened, even as search and rescue teams were wading through that escondido pond following what might be a lead in amber dubois disappearance. 20 miles south in downtown san diego, da bonnie dumanis received a mysterious request to meet with gardner s attorney. wouldn t discuss what it was. gardner had been claiming he had nothing to do with amber s disappearance. this morning, his lawyer offered a deal. and it was huge. gardner would lead detectives to amber, but he d only do it on one condition. that they couldn t use it against him. if we didn t use the fact that he took us there in any