The family probably figures the kid’s lifetime earning were likely about $600,000. So they will just keep that and toss the bum to the wolves.
It's just as well. Money spent on attorneys would have been wasted. He's going to prison no matter who his lawyer is. Might as well hire my cousin Vinny.
Maybe he can get Ketanji Brown-Jackson to do some pro-bono work. Legend has it, she went to law school.