What Lynette Sharp has said about Plea bargaining

1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 13, 2026

Lynette Sharp, Cooperating witness in the Prairieland case who pleaded guilty to material support to terrorists, has been quoted on Plea bargaining once in 1 episode of This American Life, most recently on July 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Lynette Sharp described agonizing over cooperating, fearing being seen as a snitch while her family begged her to plead.

    “I can't talk. I can't plead. I can't like that. I'd be a snitch. I'd be a traitor. My family was begging me to do it”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 51:48

Episodes

  • 891: The Test Case

    This American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

    Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.

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