 On April 13 , the defense team notified Paul Morrison that Green wished to plea bargain . On April 17 the plea was made public when Debora Green appeared in court to plead no contest to five charges — two counts of capital murder , one of arson , and two of attempted first @-@ degree murder . In exchange for avoiding the death penalty , the no contest plea called for Green to accept a prison sentence of a minimum of forty years without the possibility of parole . Green denied being under the influence of any drug which would affect her judgment in making her plea or her ability to understand the proceedings in which she was participating . 
