What got me was this: "a charge of attempted murder as well as four alternative charges of first- and second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter."
They forgot littering and jaywalking.
Talk about "Throwing the Book", this was the whole damn library!. How can they do this?
From what I have seen, this appears to be a standard approach in many cases - when the State's case is weak, throw everything at the defendant and bulldoze him (or his court-appointed attorney advises) into pleading guilty to the lesser charge, even if he is innocent.