Edmonton police are publicly calling out Alberta Crown prosecutors and demanding a possible plea deal be scrapped in a move criminal trial lawyers liken to extortion.

Police, in a letter provided to media Tuesday, express “shock and horror” in learning the Crown agreed to accept a guilty plea for manslaughter from a woman charged with first-degree murder in theblunt-traumadeath of an eight-year-old girl.

The letter says a manslaughter plea would see a significantly lesser sentence of eight years for the woman, who was 27 when she was charged.

“What we expect from the Crown — what you and the public should expect — is that the Crown is a zealous advocate for justice. Unfortunately, so far, we have not seen that in this case,” says the letter, dated Monday. It was sent by interim police c

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