David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of Center for Medical Progress are free of all charges. The agreement, a negotiated settlement with zero punishment, involves no jail time, no fines, no admission of wrongdoing, and no probation, is in exchange for a new “no contest” plea by Daleiden and Merritt on a single video recording charge. The new “no contest” plea—which cannot be used adversely—will be entered into judgment as a misdemeanor in 6 to 12 months, and then converted to a “not guilty” plea, dismissed, and expunged.
and CMP undercover reporter Sandra Merritt to totally dismiss the the unprecedented video recording prosecution first launched by then-Attorney General Kamala Harris. The agreement, a negotiated settlement with zero punishment, involves no jail time, no fines, no admission of wrongdoing, and no probation, is in exchange for a new “no contest” plea by Daleiden and Merritt on a single video recording charge. The new “no contest” plea—which cannot be used adversely—will be entered into judgment as a misdemeanor in 6 to 12 months, and then converted to a “not guilty” plea, dismissed, and expunged. 7 of the 14 video recording charges initially brought in this case were dismissed halfway through as unsupported by probable cause. Otherlitigation continues about the constitutionality of antiquated state video recording laws like California’s. “In my 5 decades as an attorney, 40 years of which were as a prosecutor, I have never seen such a blatant exercise of selective investigation and …