Sorry, I should have also mentioned that whle in prison this person developed a serious health condition and incarceration hardly helps such issues apart from treatment/monitoring being far more difficult to obtain in prison. Choice?
The problem is that this individual asked his attorney to say a number of things (and make objections) during his trial but this did not happen. He was in an unknown territory at the time (I.e., the court system).
As far as the comments 'voluntarily admit' and 'You chose to plead guilty' made...
Someone who is innocent is found guilty through poor representation at trial and appeal stages.
He has a long sentence ahead of him but is offered parole after a few years as long as he abandons his insistence of innocence and says he's guilty. He does this and is released.
He then begins a...