Calleda 5k Motion News Today

Different than the way it works in many other districts. in most federal districts, defendants complete their cooperation with the government. the government files whats called a 5 k motion, a motion asking the judge to reduce their sentence to reflect the value of their cooperation and then theyre sentenced. in the eastern district of virginia they do it a little bit differently. they sentence while cooperation is ongoing, and then the government has a period of time after that for the defendan...