When Jolonta Little and Monte Johnson went on trial in 2019, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Deeniquia “ Dee Dee ” Dodds during a street robbery in the District, the U.S. attorney’s office faced a tough challenge.... After pleading guilty to reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter in deals with prosecutors, Johnson and Little, who would have faced life behind bars if convicted of first-degree murder, were instead sentenced to eight years apiece.... In return, first-degree