Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen is blasting a controversial plea deal in Gallatin County that would spare Christopher Wardle, accused of brutally assaulting and strangling his deceased wife Catherine Sorensen, from jail time—despite her death months after the attack. The proposed deal, offered May 21, would dismiss the strangulation charge and convict him on lesser counts with a suspended sentence. Sorensen’s family has launched a social media outcry demanding Knudsen intervene, and he’s backed by public pressure—so much so that the County Attorney’s office sued his office over a prior dispute over authority. The case is just one front in a broader legal battle between Knudsen and Gallatin County over immigration enforcement cooperation. Wardle allegedly attacked Sorensen while intoxicated in June, and she survived long enough to call for help before dying in a separate car crash in February—adding layers of tragedy and controversy to this explosive legal standoff.

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