Good point. Most men in these circumstances get sent to jail for a long time and are ruined.
Colorado has some of the most draconian rape laws I have ever read about; for instance, if Kobe had considered a plea, in order to get it, he would have had to go to this weirdo doctor and have for all intents and purposes what can only be described as a PENILE LIE DETECTOR attached to his penis and then be strapped into a sofa that resembles a dentist chair, then be forced to watch videos of women being raped and women having sex, all the while listening to a tape of women who have been raped talk about how it affected them.
Sound bad? I thought it did; especially when I read the part that says that while he's under that "test," if he shows the LEAST bit of an erection, the plea deal is OFF and the judge can put him straight in jail.
Plus he'd have to register as a sexual offender in every single town he goes to.
Plus he wouldn't have been able to live with his own child (or be alone with her, if the wife eventually leaves him).
Wouldn't YOU hire the best attorney you could find to defend you under those circumstances?