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A local doctor faces a harsh five-to-ten-year plea deal in Maricopa County, with prosecutors refusing to drop the “dangerous” classification—despite a recent precedent where a radicalized ISIS supporter got a lighter sentence after prosecutors reclassified his charges as “non-dangerous.” The deputy involved in the ISIS suspect’s attack called the negotiation with a terrorist “frustrating,” while the county attorney cited mental health history but avoided direct comparisons to the doctor’s case. The judge overseeing the doctor’s trial has publicly expressed he doesn’t want to see him behind bars, adding tension to a case that’s set to go to trial in July—and sparking broader questions about prosecutorial discretion and how similar cases are treated.

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