Charges Against Frank Clark Dropped/Reduced
From Adam Schefter:
Charges of assault and domestic violence against former Michigan DE Frank Clark have been dropped and reduced to "disorderly conduct." It's the lowest misdemeanor and teams have taken notice. Clark has had eight visits with NFL teams and other private workouts, even with charges against him pending. Some teams looking for a pass rusher are intrigued with Clark.
So when you're talking abut a reduction in charges of this variety there is generally still a finding that the factual basis of the charge was domestic violence. In fact in my state the prosecutor would need to make a specific record that there was no factual basis for charging DV in order to dismiss that portion of a charge. Sweetheart plea deals happen very frequently in DV cases where the victim is reluctant to testify. This reluctancy has a number of root causes ranging from "none of this happned" to "all of this happned but I have financial/emotional reasons for not cooperating with the DA." I have no idea if that's the case here, but safe money is always on a DV victim to recant. This is an enormous problem that the judicial system is terrible at addressing. I could rant about this for a number of paragraphs but ya'll don't here me though you just want to dance...
This is often looked upon as reasonable outcome for both the prosecutor and the defendant. The prosecutor is happy because conviction = acceptable. Defense is happy because lower level offense mean less jail time hanging over the defendant should the screw up probation.