Maybe, he must have been a C- student at best if he:
1. didn't go to the ER that night2. didn't ask for a lawyer
3. didn't keep his mouth shut
4. did a re-enactment without a lawyer
5. lied to his lawyer
6. talked about money and passport hiding on jail phones he knew was recorded
7. let his wife lie for him on the stand
Im sure I can go on, but the judge hit the nail on the head when he said that George should have known better with all his criminal justice background.
Spotty star bather, they hauled George into the station that evening. That makes it a bit difficult to go to an emergency room, does it not?
So then we are in agreement -- he wasn't manipulating the system to his own benefit.
He was naively cooperating with it when he should have been fighting it and making it harder for the investigators et al.
Thus the judge was thus wrong in his assessment. Right???