You second-guessed him already for winning, so I actually have plenty of basis.

And in fact, decisions to plead down to less strict sentences are in fact because the prosecutor has a problem proving her case. If she had an airtight case, she'd go to trial.

Prosecutors accept pleas on winnable cases so they can run for office? What are you smoking? If the case is winnable, the prosecutor goes and wins it. If the case has problems, she settles it. Would you care to point me to what I should "read more" of? Or is this more unsubstantiated speculation?

Just to clarify, your "assumption," which is supposedly just as valid as mine, is that the prosecutor gave the guy a light sentence instead of trying a slam-dunk case because he wanted to "win" and run for office?