If you were 29 and your lawyer offered you 5 instead of life after 20 months in the slammer, what the hell do you think you would do?
On Monday, nearly two years later, Clough cut a deal with the government in admitting to his role in the plot -- a confession that will land him in prison for five years. The deal spared him a potential life sentence.
"This was a difficult choice. I guided him to this decision, and he's comfortable with it," said Clough's lawyer, Randall Roberts, who wouldn't say whether Clough is cooperating against the remaining defendants.
This is why they don't release you on bond, so they can grind you down, working on you day after day, week after week, month after month, until you crack.
None dare call it tyranny: "the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial."
Read the whole story in The Detroit Free Press (link).
