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Moses Lopez Case Sentencing Fallout | Sacramento News
Oscar Munoz walked away with a nine-year sentence after pleading no contest to child abuse and causing death — a plea deal that stunned Moses Lopez’s family just hours before sentencing. Originally charged with murder in the 2020 death of the four-year-old, Munoz avoided the murder charge due to insufficient evidence, though prosecutors say they fought hard for it. The family, devastated and blindsided by the last-minute deal, had hoped for a full trial and now feel justice was denied — especially as the sentence counts as a strike under California’s Three Strikes Law. Despite the conviction…
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