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Article: Danton pleads guilty `to put all this behind him'.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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- July 17, 2004
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Byline: Michael Shaw
ST. LOUIS _ Former St. Louis Blues hockey player Mike Danton on Friday stood in front of a federal judge in East St. Louis, Ill., and pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit murder for hire, ensuring that he will spend no more than 10 years in prison by cutting a deal with prosecutors.
His attorney, Robert Haar, said Danton wanted to "put all this behind him."
With the plea, Danton will avoid a trial that likely would have cast even more public scrutiny on his controversial relationship with his agent and intended murder target David Frost as well as his estranged relationship with his family.
And the deal may give ...