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September 21, 2006

Patrick Lynch says Derderian sentence not his idea

PROVIDENCE -- In a private interview this afternoon with The Journal, Attorney General Patrick Lynch maintained his insistence that he objected to the plea bargain announced yesterday that will send Michael Derderian to prison for four years and spare his brother, Jeffrey, from serving any time at all.

Despite reports from the Derderians' attorney to the contrary, Lynch said his office never made a bona fide offer.

Michael Derderian's attorney Kathleen Hagerty yesterday provided The Journal a handwritten note listing the terms of the plea bargain written by an assistant attorney general.

Lynch today said the document merely contained notes from conversations between the parties. The numbers on the note were suggested by the defense, Lynch said, not the prosecution.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault

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