[BE file] A South Carolina judge upheld a 20-year prison sentence against former police officer Michael Slager in the killing of Walter Scott. The former policeman appealed his sentence, saying his lawyer never told him about a plea deal from prosecutors that would have cut years off his sentence. According to NBC News, Federal Judge Richard Gergel wrote in his ruling that he believed Slager’s lawyer Andy Savage who said in 2017 court papers that he explained every plea deal Slager was offered. The former cop testified in a hearing last week that he didn’t know about the initial deal.