[Ted]

Agree. He was offered a reduced plea, but went with trial by jury instead. Either his defense attorney was an idiot, or he flat out ignored the advice from his attorney.

One might say he decided to take a 'shot in the dark' by going to a jury trial?
("Ba-dump-bump!")

 

[Ted]

On reading the original article it appears he may have been the main instigator in his own sentence. It was at the his 'probationary officers recommendation' that he be given jail time. Sounds to me as though he wasnt taking the charges, and the consequences seriously, and ended up 'pulling the trigger' on himself, so to speak.

There's a time to draw a line in the sand and I think he picked the wrong sandpit.