Written plea offer that defense counsel described as offering a guilty plea and life without parole if the government did not seek death

Bruck described an offer to plead guilty and accept life without parole if the government did not seek death, first made orally in October 2013, later submitted in writing, and repeatedly renewed. He distinguished the offer from a remorse statement that he thought followed the letter by a few weeks. The government disputed the offer's significance and said its admission would require airing contested negotiation and proffer history.