And she will not face additional charges stemming from her 1993 embezzlement conviction in Milwaukee. Edwards was convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from an alternative school she founded for at-risk teens. The plea bargain with Edwards exhibits a bit of prosecutorial strategy. The absence of Lyons as a courtroom defendant would inevitably make the prosecutors' case a tougher sell to the jury, lawyers say. That's because defense attorneys can shift blame.
Prosecutors can only introduce evidence that relates to the lesser defendants.
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