Berkeley Prosecutors Cut Probation Deal for Scientist Who Tried to Kill Colleague - JONATHAN TURLEY

I have been a criminal defense attorney for my entire career, but there is a case out of Berkeley, California that is a real head scratcher. 
"David Xu was the chief metallurgist for a company called Berkeley Engineering and Research (BEAR) and was caught on tape trying to poison a colleague. His actions are blamed for not only causing harm to Rong Yuan, but her parents.
After spending only 10 days in jail, Alameda County prosecutors and a judge signed off on a probation deal in the case...
Yet, the prosecutors dropped the attempted murder charge and accepted a plea on the two poisoning counts. 

Then a probation officer recommended no jail time...