1.   Six had reached plea bargain arrangements with the authorities and the remaining seven were due to be tried later in the year.

2.   Within this context, many observers were not surprised that the prosecuting authorities reached an unusual plea bargain arrangement with Kanemaru.

3.   Atwood said that Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph Grasso, at an earlier hearing, deemed the plea arrangement too lenient.

4.   Berry may be offered a plea bargain arrangement in exchange for testimony against the other two men, Hardy said.

5.   A plea arrangement is being worked out, according to Sharan.

6.   But the Court of Appeals said that there were still several circumstances in which plea arrangements could be negotiated.

7.   Cruz said that Kidd has pleaded not guilty and that any plea bargain arrangement would have to reflect his innocence.

8.   For the family of Joviane, the plea arrangement was all they could have hoped for.