Something curious about the deal tho' is that all three were offered the Alford Plea but there were two separate trials.
Miskelly was tried alone first, and then Baldwin/Echols were tried together.
See what I'm getting at?
Not sure.
I read that Miskelly was arrested and tried first and he implicated the other two. Then they moved the location of those two to a different venue due to the high profile of the case and possible tainting, etc...