Thus, he got the max.
He gets to serve it in a county jail, which means he will likely be spared becoming someone's girlfriend.
I wouldn't count on that being spared thing......I've known too many county jail frequenters. It's entirely possible that he might become someone's girlfriend, if not their punching bag. Maybe they'll hold a pillow over his face until he almost passes out, just for a little bit of payback. County can be a pretty brutal place sometimes. Sometimes the jailers are dog lovers and might just be scarce at the right time......or the wrong time, depending on how you look at it..... maybe they might turn their head for a minute or two..... It don't just happen in the movies.
Same thing happens to those "gently sentenced" chid molesters. They get treated pretty badly in the short time that they have to spend there. It's not like going to summer camp.