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Federal Judge Rejects Accused Heroin Dealer’s Plea

U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin surprised both the defense and prosecutors by rejecting the plea deal of a West Virginia man accused of selling heroin and fentanyl. So reports NBC News.

The defendant, Charles York Walker Jr., agreed to plead guilty to one count of distributing heroin in exchange for dropping the five other charges levied against him. Goodwin said Walker should face the "bright light of the jury trial" because West Virginia is "ground zero" for the nation's devastating opioid epidemic. 

He said the state has the highest rate of fatal overdoses in the nation. 

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