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Hofmann Plea Deal
From 1987
In a plea bargain struck with prosecutors, self-confessed killer and forger Mark Hofmann agreed to explain, in detail, what he did and why he did it.
The deal also dictates that Hofmann tell which documents he forged and which are real.
In exchange, the County Attorney's office agreed to reduce two first degree murder charges, to second degree murder, eliminating the possibility that Hofmann could be sentenced to death.
Hofmann is serving five years to life on his guilty pleas to two counts of second degree murder in the October 1985 bombing deaths of Steven Christensen and Kathleen Sheets.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery.
Mark Hofmann was a dealer in historic documents. In October 1985 he planted a bomb in the Judge Building, in downtown Salt Lake City, at the office of Steven F. Christensen. Christensen had dealt with Hofmann and reportedly knew that documents Hofmann was selling as genuine, were actually fakes.
Christensen died on October 15, when the bomb exploded.
The same day, a second bomb, intended for a former business associate of Christensen's-- Gary Sheets-- went off at the Sheets' home, killing the intended victim's wife, Kathleen Sheets.
A third bomb went off the next day in Hofmann's car, injuring him. That explosion was an accident.
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