[the invisib1e hand]

PLUS, in the audio of the interview, Craig said he was picking up a piece of toilet paper, not just a piece of paper.

Of course. I didn't notice this detail. Clearly these are the words of a criminal.

Except he agreed to lesser charges of disorderly conduct...

I didn't know this, either. I'm even more convinced that he's being railroaded now, knowing what I know about being persuaded to plead to lesser charges "or we can't really say what will happen to you..."

The cops will not admit an error. Coercing someone to plead is standard operating procedure. It's also a one of the ways the state makes money.

I wish it weren't so, I wish things didn't work that way, but they do. Pleading to a lesser charge is not an admission of guilt.

[Manic_Episode]

This wasn't about state profit or extortion.

It is about deterring public sex.

[Gondring]

Pleading to a lesser charge is not an admission of guilt.

Uh, yes it is. He didn't even enter an Alford plea...it was a straight GUILTY plea, right under the language clearly and explicitly stating it. He would never have tried to change his plea if it hadn't gotten out.