I do so hope to and pray in Jesus' name that you are right.
In a way, if what you say is true, it could be a punishment worse than any prison sentence. His life ruined, hmmmmm.....works for me!!!
I'm kind of hoping prison will soften him (into telling the truth), not harden him.
Nobody wins if he walks away.
The same boiling water which hardens the egg, softens the potato.